Lloyd v. State

LILES, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged by information in Pinellas County with throwing a deadly missile at an occupied vehicle. At arraignment defendant plead not guilty. He was tried by a jury and did not take the stand. A verdict of guilty was returned, and he was adjudged guilty and sentenced to a term of six months to two years in the state prison.

Appellant appeals and contends that the charge given by the trial judge in which he instructed the jury that the defendant was not required to take the stand was error. Appellant did not request this instruction and maintains that the trial…