Legal Opinion
Porter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 16, 1963No. 31854PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
160 So.2d 104 (1963)
Willie PORTER, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 31854.
Supreme Court of Florida.
October 16, 1963.
Rehearing Denied January 17, 1964.
George Edward Travers, Cocoa Beach, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., George R. Georgieff and A.G. Spicola, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
O'CONNELL, Justice.
Willie Porter appeals from a death sentence entered after conviction of first degree murder committed in Martin County.
Appellant first contends that the trial court erred by refusing to grant his motion to quash the indictment of the grand jury.
In his motion to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Hill v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Hoyt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Tarrance v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States of America Ex Rel. Willie Seals, Jr. v. Martin J. Wiman, Warden, Kilby Prison, Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
- Kerlin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
- Willie Porter v. Dewitt Sinclair, Warden, Florida State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Companioni v. City of TampaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
- Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
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