Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 18, 1958No. A-147PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

101 So.2d 833 (1958)

W.H. WIGGINS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. A-147.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

March 18, 1958.

William E. Harris, Panama City, for appellant.

George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee-movant.

STURGIS, Chief Judge.

The record in this cause reflects that at the close of the state's evidence in chief, the appellant, defendant below, being on trial for a criminal offense, moved the court to direct a verdict of acquittal on the ground that the state failed to prove a necessary element of the crime, which element was stated in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McCray v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1903

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  2. In Re Florida Rules of Criminal ProcedureSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
  3. Mancini v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. In Interest of TMMDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  5. In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1992

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