Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bynum v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1918Published

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Columbia County; M. F. Horne, Judge.

1Dissent

West, J.,

dissenting. — The defendant was charged with having committed the offense alleged in the indictment on June 10th, 1917. It was competent for the State to prove the commission of the offense charged at any time within the two years next preceding the finding of the indictment. Chandler v. State, 25 Fla. 728, 6 South. Rep. 768; Warrace v. State, 27 Fla. 362, 8 South. Rep. 748; Weinert v. State, 35 Fla. 229, 17 South. Rep. 570. The State proved that the offense was committed in January, 1917. When this was done the State’s case was made out, and a conviction was proper.

The judgment,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Warrace v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  2. Chandler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1889
  3. Weinert v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1895

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