Grisette v. State

WIGGINTON, Judge.

This isi a companion case to that of Reginald Cochran v. State of Florida, Fla. App., 150 So.2d 249, in which the court has today filed an opinion affirming the judgment appealed.

Appellant Grisette, together with five other defendants, were jointly charged with the offense of grand larceny. One defendant was never found and the case proceeded to trial against the remaining five defendants named in the information. After the trial commenced, three defendants entered a plea of nolo contendere as stated above. Upon the jury’s return to the court room, the trial judge addressed…