Jones v. State

92 So.2d 261 (1956)

Byron JONES, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

September 28, 1956.

On Rehearing January 25, 1957.

Carl C. Durrance and C.J. Hardee, Tampa, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

The question here which merits consideration is whether a portion of the trial court's charge to the jury constitutes reversable error. In instructing the jurors with reference to their deliberation, the trial judge stated: "There wouldn't be any point in having but one of you if somebody could just say,…