Jacobs v. State

HOBSON, Judge.

Appellant was found guilty on an information charging him with uttering a forged instrument. After entry of judgment and sentence appellant appealed. ■

The State’s proof of guilt was based upon circumstantial evidence. It has been long established in the State of Florida that in criminal prosecutions where circumstantial evidence is relied on for proof of guilt, such evidence must not only be consistent with defendant’s guilt, but it must be inconsistent with any reasonable hypothesis of innocence. LaMonte v. State, Fla.App.1962, 145 So.2d 889; Nash v. State, Fla.App.1966, 188…