Odom v. State

TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.

John Robert Odom was charged with the statutory crime of larceny of an automobile as defined by § 811.20 Fla.Stat., F.S.A. He was found guilty after a non-jury trial and appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence entered thereon.

The first point raised urges that the trial judge should have directed a verdict for the defendant because the evidence failed to prove that the automobile was propelled by electricity, gas or kerosene. Patterson v. State, Fla.App.1964, 167 So.2d 766. We find this point to be without merit because the record contains evidence which supports…