Legal Opinion
Baker v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 29, 1942PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, J.:
On December 16, 1936, James Baker and Clyde Hysler were indicted with Alvin Tyler by a grand jury of Duval County, Florida, for the murder of John Surrency on November 25, 1936. Baker was placed upon trial and was by a jury convicted of murder in the first degree, without recommendation to mercy, and by the trial court he was sentenced to death by electrocution. On writ of error to this Court the verdict and judgment of conviction entered in the lower court were affirmed. See Baker v. State, 137 Fla. 27, 188 So. 634.
On April 12, 1941, James Baker presented to this Court his…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
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