Legal Opinion
City of Rockledge v. Lester
Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida
Decided January 4, 1974No. 73-1-APPublished
1Per curiam
The stipulated statement of the facts in this case indicates that when an officer of the city of Rockledge found that the juvenile driver of a vehicle was violating a city curfew, the two appellants were arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor under §828.19, F. S., “merely because they were in the car” and that “the defendants did no act to aid or assist the driver of the car, nor did they do anything improper other than being passengers”.
Circumstantial evidence requires that the circumstances must be consistent with guilt and inconsistent with innocence, and that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Douglas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Alvin Eugene Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Buchanan v. Miami Herald Publishing CompanyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Lemus v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Walker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
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