Watson v. State

HOBSON, Judge.

Joe Frank Watson was convicted in the . Criminal Court of Record for Polk County, Florida of the crime of grand larceny. The sole point on appeal is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of alibi.

The salient facts developed at the trial of the case at bar are as follows:

Roe Markham, a Deputy Sheriff, testified that on February 13, 1966, he had occasion to stop a pick-up truck approximately four miles south of Mulberry. The witness testified that as he approached the pick-up truck the lights were bright and as he passed the truck he…