Davis v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of *101grand larceny at the February term, 1917, of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County, and seeks reversal in this court on writ of error.

The first error assigned is based on the denial of the defendant’s motion to direct a verdict of “Not Guilty.” This was not error. This court has several times laid down the rule that a defendant in a criminal case is not entitled as of right to such an instruction. McCray v. State, 45 Fla. 80, 34 South. Rep. 5; Leaptrot v. State, 51 Fla. 57, 40 South. Rep. 616; Hughes v. State, 61 Fla. 32, 55 South. Rep. 463; Bennett…