Morgan v. State

Willie James Morgan, defendant below, appeals from the judgment and sentence entered finding him guilty of larceny of automobile following a non-jury trial. At the close of the State’s case, the appellant moved for a directed verdict of acquittal, and renewed his motion for a directed verdict thereafter. The motions were denied, and he was sentenced to serve five years in the State Penitentiary.

The facts, generally, are that sometime between February 18, 1965, and February 23, 1965, a 1961 brown, 4-door Chevrolet belonging to Marian Streifert was discovered *796missing from the Miami Typesetting…