Gilchrist v. State

FARRINGTON, OTIS, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence of appellant on an information charging a violation of Section 562.451(4), F.S., 1955, F.S.A. The information charged that appellant:

“did then and there unlawfully and feloniously own or possess more than one (1) gallon of alcholic beverage commonly known as ‘moonshine whiskey”

Since the trial of this case and the entry of the judgment and sentence from which this appeal is taken, the Supreme Court of Florida has declared Section 562.451(4), F.S., 1955, F.S.A., invalid.1

The information under which appellant was…