Adams v. State

192 So.2d 762 (1966)

Arthur ADAMS, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 34659.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 14, 1966.

Sholts & Adams, West Palm Beach, and Henry H. Arrington, Miami, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and T.T. Turnbull, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

ERVIN, Justice.

The case before us is an appeal from a judgment of guilty and a sentence of death entered as a result of an indictment by a Palm Beach County Grand Jury, a plea of not guilty, a verdict of guilty with no recommendation of mercy and after a denial of a motion for a new trial.

The basic facts set…