Smith v. State

253 So.2d 465 (1971)

Claude SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Nos. L-456 to L-458.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 19, 1971.

Chester Bedell and Robert P. Smith, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

JOHNSON, Judge.

The appellant, Smith, was tried under five amended informations, which charged in substance that on certain dates in 1965 and 1966, Smith, while a member of the Jacksonville City Council did "corruptly request, solicit, and accept" for himself and others stated sums of…