Thompson v. State

SEBRING, J.:

Edward Thompson and Earl Thompson were tried for the murder of one Joe Henry. The trial jury found the defendants guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation to mercy. Upon pronouncement of sentence and entry of judgment the defendants took their appeal to the Supreme Court of Florida. Subsequently, the judgment of conviction was affirmed. See Thompson, et al., v. State, (Fla.) 17 So. (2nd) 395. The convicted defendants have now filed their petition in this Court for leave to apply to the trial court for a writ of error coram nobis, upon the ground of newly…