Davis v. State

87 So.2d 416 (1956)

Alvin Charles DAVIS, alias Charles E. Burns, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

May 2, 1956.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1956.

Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, and Ray Sandstrom, Lakeland, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor.

We have read the evidence in this case and judging it by the rule that circumstantial evidence in order to support a conviction must not only be…