Case Name: F. J. Morton, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1916-11-21
Citations: 72 Fla. 265
Docket Number: 
Parties: F. J. Morton, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 265–266

Head Matter:
F. J. Morton, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Opinion Filed Nov. 21, 1916.
An information charging an attempt to commit a crime need not allege that the accused failed in the perpetration of the offense, or was intercepted or prevented in its execution.
Writ of Error to Criminal Court of Record, Duval County; Jas. M. Peeler, Judge.
Judgment affirmed.
A. R. Logan, for Plaintiff in Error;
T. F. West, Attorney General, and C. 0. Andrews, Assistant, for the State.

Opinion:
Cockrell, J.
—There was a conviction of an attempt to have carnal intercourse with an unmarried female of previous chaste character under the age of eighteen years. After verdict a motion in arrest was interposed under which it is argued that the information does not charge that the accused failed in the perpetration of the offense or was intercepted or prevented in the execution thereof.
The argument finds some support in the case of Viney Stevens v. State, 18 Fla. 903, but the information is fully supported by our decision in the much later case of Hogan v. State, 50 Fla. 86, 39 South. Rep. 464, 7 Ann. Cas. 139, where the • "attempt" statute is set out. The intent and the overt act are alleged. The word attempt carries within itself the idea of an incompletecl act, and we there said that it was not necessary to allege failure in the attempt.
The judgment is affirmed.
Taylor, C. J., and Shackleford, Whitfield and Ellis, JJ., concur.