Victor v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
We cannot concur in the contention that the motion for directed verdict should have been granted. It has long been the law of this State that if reasonable men may differ as to the existence of facts tending reasonably to prove an ultimate fact, or as to inferences to be drawn from conceded facts, the case should be submitted to the jury. There was sufficient evidence adduced here to sub mit the case to the jury and in our opinion no error was committed by the trial judge in refusing to direct a verdict.
While it is true that most of the evidence adduced was circumstantial, this Court has…
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