Wilson v. State

SIMPSON, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the lower court of larceny from the person, and appeals to this court. One Floyd Gar rison is the prosecutor from whose person appellant allegedly stole about $67. The main insistence of error is the asserted impropriety of the action of the trial court in refusing the appellant’s request to direct a verdict in his favor.

The general affirmative charge for the defendant in a criminal case cannot be given where, from the facts and circumstances proven, there is afforded a reasonable inference against his innocence. In such -a case, the issue of…