Legal Opinion

Robertson v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1912PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Polk County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was jointly indicted with one M. F. Johnson in the Circuit Court for Polk County for manslaughter in causing the death of a young woman in said county by causing her to miscarry or abort an unborn child. The plaintiff in error was alone tried upon a severance, and was convicted and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary, and to review such judgment brings the case here by writ of error.

The first error assigned is the denial of the defendant’s motion for a change of venue. This application to the court for a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  2. Leslie v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
  3. People v. HallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  4. People v. SwaffordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Grimmett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1886

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. People v. JelkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  2. United States v. KobliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
  3. Douglas v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  4. United States of America Ex Rel. Anthony Bruno v. Ross E. Herold, M.D., Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Dannemora, NewyorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
  5. State v. KeelerMontana Supreme Court · 1916

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