Benefield v. State

SCOTT, CHARLES R., Associate Judge.

The appellant, J. C. Benefield, was charged with the crime of grand larceny on a direct information filed by the State Attorney of Pinellas County and was subsequently convicted by a trial jury of the crime of an attempt to commit grand larceny after the Court had previously directed a verdict of acquittal on the charge of grand larceny upon the conclusion of the state’s case.

Motion for new trial was denied and appellant was adjudged guilty and sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of six months to two and a half years in State Prison. Nine questions have…