Hampton v. State

JOHN E. SANTORA, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The evidence was sufficient to convict this defendant (appellant) of the crime charged.

The trial judge correctly denied appellant’s motion to discharge on speedy trial grounds.

The alleged invalidation of Section 818.01, Florida Statutes (1975), under which appellant was tried and convicted is a more difficult problem to answer. I doubt that this attack was presented to the trial judge; the record does not reflect that she did.

Appellant’s contention is that the subject statute, which forbids the pledging, sale, mortgage or other disposal or encumbrance of…