Mathews v. State

PIERCE, Judge.

This is an appeal from judgments of conviction entered against appellant Thomas Jefferson Mathews by the Highlands County Circuit Court upon consolidated trial resulting in verdicts of guilty upon two informations, one charging unlawful possession of burglarious tools and the other of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor.

*432Defendant Mathews was represented by privately employed counsel at the trial, and subsequently by the local Public Defender appointed by the Court.

The sole point urged here for reversal is the propriety of the charge given by the Court as to…