Hill v. State

James Hill, by this appeal, contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the jury verdict and judgment of conviction for the crime of attempting to utter a forged instrument, and that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict at the close of the State’s case. We agree and reverse.

A summary of the State’s evidence against Hill is: On October 11, 1965, Hurricane Fence Company in Volusia County was broken into and a book of checks and a checkwriter were stolen. Co-defendant, Leroy McBurney, entered a bar in Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 15, 1965, asked for a…