State v. Pierce

The decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, is reviewed here by certiorari granted on petition buttressed by a certificate of the District Court “that said decision passes upon a question of great public interest as contemplated by Section 4(2), Article V, of the Constitution of Florida [F.S.A.].”

The District Court reversed a decision of the trial court in which respondent had been found guilty of a violation of Section 811.021(1) (c), Florida Statutes, F.S.A., specifically defining certain conduct as amounting to larceny.

The respondent was appointed executor of the last…