Legal Opinion

Cochran v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 4, 1960No. 59-171PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

117 So.2d 544 (1960)

Thomas Fred COCHRAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 59-171.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

February 4, 1960.

Louis Winter, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HORTON, Chief Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of lewd, lascivious and indecent assault upon a thirteen-year-old girl and sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary. He appeals contending the trial judge erred in three particulars, i.e., (1) by failing to qualify the prosecution's thirteen-year-old witness,…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  2. Nickels v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  3. Ex parte SeniorSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
  4. Killpatrick v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
  5. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1910

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Hof v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
  2. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  3. Milton v. CochranSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
  4. People v. CervantesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
  5. State v. Lo SaccoConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987

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