Pate v. State

Citations

• 72 Fla. 97
• 72 So. 517

Syllabus

<p>1. Where circumstantial evidence is relied upon by the State for conviction in a criminal prosecution, the circumstances taken together must be of a conclusive nature and tendency leading on the whole to a satisfactory conclusion and producing in effect a moral certainty that the accused and no one else committed the offense, before a verdict of guilty is justified. It is not sufficient that the facts create only a strong probability of guilt.</p> <p>2. Evidence examined and found to be insufficient to support a verdict of guilty against the defendants charged with larceny.</p>