Legal Opinion

Leach v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 16, 1961No. 30952PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

132 So.2d 329 (1961)

William Earl LEACH and Joe Smith, Appellants,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 30952.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 16, 1961.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1961.

Hal Y. Maines, Lake Butler, for William Earl Leach and Lex Green, Starke, for Joe Smith, appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THORNAL, Justice.

A jury rendered a verdict of guilt of first degree murder without a mercy recommendation against appellants, Leach and Smith, who are now seeking reversal of a judgment of conviction and sentence to death.

We discuss…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Singer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  5. State v. BucanisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Straight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Czubak v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Crum v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
  4. Douglas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  5. Reddish v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1964

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