WILLIAM CLAYTON KNIGHT, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1973-04-19
No. R-202
CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting C. J., and WIGGINTON and RAWLS, JJ., concur.
276 So. 2d 195 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1973) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This cause having been orally argued before the court, the briefs and record on appeal having been read and given full consideration, and appellant having failed to demonstrate reversible error, the judgment of the lower court hereby appealed is affirmed.

CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting C. J., and WIGGINTON and RAWLS, JJ., concur.


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