Case Name: James Byron MACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-01-09
Citations: 324 So. 2d 642
Docket Number: No. 74-1556
Parties: James Byron MACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CROSS and MAGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 324
Pages: 642–643

Head Matter:
James Byron MACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 74-1556.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 9, 1976.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Bruce Zeidel, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and J. Robert Olian, Asst. Atty. Gen., South Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
DOWNEY, Judge.
Appellant and a co-defendant were charged in Count I with breaking and entering a vehicle, and in Count II with possession of burglarious tools. The trial court granted a motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the state's case as to Count II and reserved ruling on the mo tion as to Count I. Appellant was convicted of the. charge in Count I.
We have reviewed the evidence presented by the state and find it insufficient to create a prima facie case of breaking and entering a vehicle against appellant. The case presented by the state is circumstantial and is not wholly inconsistent with a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Lockett v. State, Fla.App. 1972, 262 So.2d 253.
Thus, appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted as to all counts.
Accordingly, the judgment and sentence appealed from are reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to discharge appellant.
Reversed and remanded.
CROSS and MAGER, JJ., concur.