Case Name: Elijah Mackey FERGUSON et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-06-01
Citations: 249 So. 2d 517
Docket Number: Nos. 70-1116, 70-1117 and 70-1118
Parties: Elijah Mackey FERGUSON et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before CHARLES CARROLL, HEN-DRY and SWANN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 249
Pages: 517–518

Head Matter:
Elijah Mackey FERGUSON et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 70-1116, 70-1117 and 70-1118.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 1, 1971.
Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Alan S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Arnold R. Ginsberg, Legal Intern, for appel-lee.
Before CHARLES CARROLL, HEN-DRY and SWANN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellants were charged in an information with breaking and entering a building with intent to commit grand larceny, and with grand larceny. They pleaded not guilty, waived a jury, were tried before the court, and were found and adjudged guilty. Each was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of one year. On their appeals, which were consolidated here, appellants argue insufficiency of the evidence. We find that contention to be without merit. On consideration of the record and briefs we conclude the judgments were supported by competent substantial evidence, which was partly direct and partly circumstantial. Police observed the defendants exiting through a window of the building from which there had been removed merchandise that was found nearby. They fled. Pursuit and search by the police resulted in their apprehension in the vicinity. See Daniels v. State, Fla.1959, 108 So.2d 755; State v. Young, Fla.1968, 217 So.2d 567.
Affirmed.