Legal Opinion

Drysdale v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 16, 1976No. 74-548PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

325 So.2d 80 (1976)

George W. DRYSDALE, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 74-548.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 16, 1976.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Leon St. John and Elliot R. Brooks, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert B. Breisblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

OWEN, Judge.

Dispositive of this appeal is our conclusion that the State failed to establish the corpus delicti of the crime charged, second degree murder, independently of the defendant's…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Parrish v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  2. Jefferson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1961
  3. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
  4. Hulst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
  5. Sciortino v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ruiz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  2. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Fridovich v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. MacKerley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  5. McIntosh v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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