Legal Opinion

Cauhn v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 18, 1929PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.

In this case it becomes necessary for us to quash the writ of error and remand the cause because there appears in the record no judgment of conviction.

The defendants were tried upon an information filed in the Criminal Court of Record in and for Hillsborough County. They were convicted by the jury and were sentenced to serve five years each in the State prison. The sentence was not upon a judgment of conviction pronounced by' the court, without which the sentence is void. See Smith v. State, 75 Fla. 478, 78 So. R. 530; Johnson v. State, 81 Fla. 783, 89 So. R. 114; Harris v. State, 75 Fla.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
  2. Norwood v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  3. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  4. Thompson v. RuffSupreme Court of Florida · 1918

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Anderson v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  2. Ex Parte Young FerrisSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  3. Craig v. NoelSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  4. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1933

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