Gray v. State

The appellant, defendant below, seeks review of a judgment entered pursuant to jury verdicts finding him guilty on two counts of breaking and entering with intent to commit petit larceny and petit larceny, for which he was sentenced to two concurrent five year prison terms.

The appellant was a guest in an automobile which was stopped by City of Miami Police Officers for driving at night without lights. While a traffic citation was being issued to the driver, one of the officers noticed a typewriter and adding machine on the back seat of the car and questioned the men about the ownership of…