Legal Opinion

West v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 22, 1974No. 73-135PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDRY, Judge.

Appellant, defendant in the trial court, seeks review of a judgment and sentence of two years incarceration for breaking and entering a building with intent to commit a felony, to wit: grand larceny.

The evidence at trial revealed that appellant broke into the Buccaneer Lodge, where he recently had been employed, on June 8, 1972. Two police officers observed appellant enter an office area of the building, and they waited approximately forty minutes for him to leave, when they arrested him. Police searched the appellant and discovered only two keys to the building in his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  2. Jalbert v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  3. Dobry v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
  4. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Eaton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  2. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
  3. State v. WestSupreme Court of Florida · 1974

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