Legal Opinion
Odom v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 18, 1959PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
109 So.2d 163 (1959)
Sam Wiley ODOM, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.
February 18, 1959.
W.M. Kennedy, Mount Dora, and W.B. Hunter, Tavares, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
THOMAS, Justice.
The appellant, 18 years of age, was convicted of committing rape and, in the absence of a recommendation of mercy, was sentenced to death by electrocution. The significance of his age will appear as we discuss the first reason urged by his counsel for reversal of the judgment.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Trafficante v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
- Myhand v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Way v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
- Synes v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Frederick Keith Calloway v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Peel v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- State v. NorrisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- MacHin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
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