State v. Williams

198 So.2d 21 (1967)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner,

v.

Leroy WILLIAMS, Respondent.

No. 35681.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 12, 1967.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1967.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Lester Bales, Jr., Zephyrhills, for respondent.

ROBERTS, Justice.

We here review by conflict certiorari the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Second District, in Leroy Williams v. State, 188 So.2d 320 (Fla.App. 1966).

Williams was convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy for the murder of Percy A. Mong, during the commission…