Guerra v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Guerra v. State, 173 So. 2d 176 (1965)
1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 4447
Carroll, Hendry, Pearson

Guerra v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed upon authority of the rule stated in Beck v. State, 142 Fla. 524, 195 So. 143; Walker v. State, 152 Fla. 455, 13 So.2d 4; State v. Sebastian, Fla.1965, 171 So.2d 893, [opinion filed 2/17/65].

Dissenting Opinion

CARROLL, Judge

(dissenting).

I am impelled to dissent. The evidence relied on to establish guilt was circumstantial. It was insufficient under the rule for such evidence announced in Davis v. State, Fla.1956, 90 So.2d 629, 632, as follows :

“ * * * Circumstantial evidence which leaves uncertain several hypotheses, any one of which may be sound and some of which may be entirely consistent with innocence, is not adequate to sustain a verdict of guilt. Even though the circumstantial evidence is sufficient to suggest a probability of guilt, it is not thereby adequate to support a conviction if it is likewise consistent with a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. * * * ”

Reference

Full Case Name
Jose GUERRA v. The STATE of Florida, County of Dade
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published