People v. Derwae

As we are in accord with the decision of the district court of appeal upon all but one subject presented by the record in this case, it will be necessary to consider only the matter of the alleged misconduct of the assistant district attorney who conducted the case on behalf of the people.

The appellant was charged with the crime of burglary and was convicted of an “attempt to commit burglary in the first degree.” The evidence was largely circumstantial, but the defendant, who took the stand in his own behalf at the trial, did not deny any of the essential physical facts put in evidence by the…