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Edwards, et al., v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B
Aug 29, 1935
163 So. 25 (Fla. 1935)

Opinion

Opinion Filed August 29, 1935.

A writ of error to the Circuit Court for Walton County, A. G. Campbell, Judge.

Purl G. Adams, for Plaintiff in Error;

Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for the State.


The plaintiffs in error were convicted of the offense of breaking and entering the building, the property of another, with intent to commit a felony, to-wit, rape.

It is contended in the brief filed that the evidence is not sufficient to establish the existence of the felonious intent charged; that the accused were too drunk to be capable of forming the intent.

We find the evidence sufficient to support the verdict and judgment. There is evidence in the record to the effect that the defendants were drunk, but the record shows that they did not make this defense in the court below. They, on the trial, took the stand and each testified as to what took place at the time of the alleged offense. Neither then claimed not to have known what happened but each told an entirely different story from that told by the State's witnesses. The jury evidently believed the State's witnesses.

The judgment must be affirmed.

So ordered.

Affirmed.

ELLIS, P. J., and TERRELL and BUFORD, J. J., concur.

WHITFIELD, C. J., and BROWN and DAVIS, J. J., concur in the opinion and judgment.


Summaries of

Edwards, et al., v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B
Aug 29, 1935
163 So. 25 (Fla. 1935)
Case details for

Edwards, et al., v. State

Case Details

Full title:MACK EDWARDS and JAMES SMITH, alias JIM BOY SMITH v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. Division B

Date published: Aug 29, 1935

Citations

163 So. 25 (Fla. 1935)
163 So. 25

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