Roberts v. State

SEBRING, J.:

The appellant, Leo Roberts, was tried and convicted in the Criminal Court of Duval County of the crime of having unlawful carnal intercourse with an unmarried female of previous chaste character under the age of eighteen years. This appeal is from the judgment, two questions being presented for determination.

It is first contended by the appellant that the State has failed to prove that the crime was committed in Duval County and that consequently the motion for a directed verdict of acquittal made at the close of the State’s case in chief should have been granted. No direct proof…