Kraft v. State

SHANNON, Chief Judge.

In a joint jury trial, Defendant Richard Kraft was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to a term of six months to five years in the state prison; and Defendant Thomas Kraft was convicted of petit larceny and placed on probation by the trial court judge.

The defendants, who are brothers, apparently were arrested sometime on the night of March 7-8, 1961, and charged with night prowling. Thomas Kraft, aged 18 at the time of the arrest, was questioned by Detective Sergeant Brock of the St. Petersburg Police Department, during the midmorning of March 8, 1961, and Richard,…