Legal Opinion
State v. McMahon
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 26, 1986No. 84-2471PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
485 So.2d 884 (1986)
STATE of Florida, Appellant,
v.
Arthur McMAHON, Appellee.
No. 84-2471.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 26, 1986.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.
James Campbell, New Port Richey, for appellee.
SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.
A jury found appellee Arthur McMahon guilty of second degree murder in the beating death of his mother. Thereafter, the trial court granted appellee's motion for a new trial, concluding the verdict was "against the weight of the evidence." The state appeals. We reverse.
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