Collinsworth v. State
Collinsworth v. State
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff in error and Ray Howe were indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County upon a charge of breaking .and entering a store building with intent to commit a felony. They were convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor. To the judgment imposing sentence they both took writ of error from this Court. Subsequently, upon motion of counsel, the writ of error was dismissed as to Howe.
There are a number of assignments of error in the record.
There is' conflict in the evidence but the jury who saw and heard the witnesses accepted as true the evidence offered in behalf of the State and their verdict has the sanction of the trial judge. The evidence is legally sufficient to support the verdict and there is nothing to indicate that the jury were influenced by considerations outside this evidence. Under the well established rule where this is the case the judgment will be affirmed. Kirkland v. State, 82 Fla. 119, 89 South. Rep. 356; Hamlin v. State, 80 Fla. 217, 85 South. Rep. 685; Brown v. State, 79 Fla. 523, 84 South. Rep. 384; Wallace v. State, 76 Fla. 175, 79 South. Rep. 634; Messer v. State, 75 Fla. 619, 78 South. Rep. 680; McCoy v. State, 75 Fla. 294, 78 South. Rep. 168.
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- John Collinsworth, in Error v. The State of Florida, in Error
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- Syllabus
- 1. A judgment of conviction' will not be reversed even if technical errors were committed in' rulings upon admissibility of evidence or charges given or refused where the evidence is sufficient to sustain a conviction and no fundamental rights of defendant-were infringed. 2. Where the evidence, is legally sufficient to support the verdict and there is nothing to indicate that the jury were influenced by considerations outside the evidence, a judgment of conviction will not be reversed although there may be conflicts in the evidence.