Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 12, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAPMAN, J.:

The appellant, Lauren Davis, alias Spang Davis, and Harvey Stills were jointly informed against in the Criminal Court of Record of Duval County, Florida, for the crime of murder in the second degree for the unlawful killing of Allen Mathew Wilson in Duval County on the 26th of July, 1946. The defendants were arraigned and each entered a plea of not guilty. They were placed upon trial before the trial court, a jury having been waived by each of the defendants, and after hearing all the evidence and argument of counsel an order of not guilty as to Harvey Stills was entered but…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
  2. McCall v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1939

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  2. Mosley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  3. State v. ThorupDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

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