Legal Opinion

Padgett v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 14, 1955PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLOYD, Associate Justice.

Appellant was indicted in, two counts, .each charging larceny of pulpwood of the value of $1,920, and each count being differently phrasedj but both charging violations under Section 811.021, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on the second count which charged that appellant did unlawfully, designedly and by a false pretense, intend to defraud H. E. Cunio of a certain quantity of pulpwood. At the close of the evidence, appellant moved the Court to • require the State to elect which'of the two coimts upon which <it would stand.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Groover v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
  2. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1944

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
  2. Stanton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  3. State v. WellsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974
  4. Guzman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  5. Metropolitan Dade County v. BrazierDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978

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