Pearson v. State

The defendants appeal from their judgment of conviction rendered by the criminal court of record in Dade County in a non-jury trial of the crime of aggravated assault, contending the trial court committed reversible error by denying their request to withdraw their waivers of a jury, citing and relying on Floyd v. State, Fla. 1956, 90 So.2d 105.

In our view the circumstances of this case were such that the trial court did not abuse its discretion or commit error in the denial of the motion.

The dates involved are material. The appellants were charged on March 28, 1967, with having committed…