Grizzard v. State

SHANNON, Chief Judge.

The appellant was tried by a jury and convicted of making a false bomb report contrary to the provisions of Sec. 790.163, Fla.Stat.1959, F.S.A. Appellant was adjudged guilty by the court, motion for new trial was denied, and he was sentenced to a two year prison term.

On Tuesday, October 11, 1960, the principal of the Sulphur Springs Junior High School in Tampa received a telephone call from a person, whose identity was unknown to him, reporting that a bomb was planted in the school. Previously, on the same day, one of the students of the school had informed the principal…