Pratt v. State

Citations

• 84 Fla. 685
• 95 So. 232

Syllabus

<p>1. A defendant in a criminal case is not entitled as a matter of right to a directed verdict.</p> <p>2. No error is committed where the court refuses to give an instruction that has been fully covered in the general charge.</p> <p>3. The offense of “fornication” is a separate and distinct offense from, and not one of less degree or included in that of having sexeual intercourse with an unmarried female of previous chaste character under the age of eighteen years.</p> <p>4. Evidence examined and held to be sufficient to sustain the verdict.</p>