Peterson v. State of Florida

Plaintiff in error, John Peterson, and Ruben Stiney, were indicted for the murder of one Caesar Glynn. Both entered pleas of not guilty. Afterwards, Stiney withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty — to what degree of the offense charged, the record does not state, though it is said in the brief that he pled guilty to manslaughter. Be that as it may, Euben Stiney turned State’s evidence, and it was upon his testimony that the plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation and sentenced to the electric chair. It might be said that his…