Kitchen v. State

89 So.2d 667 (1956)

Katie Mae KITCHEN, alias Katie Mae Green, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

September 26, 1956.

D.C. Laird, Lakeland, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HOBSON, Justice.

Defendant here appeals from judgment entered consequent upon a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree.

Before trial, appellant moved for a continuance of nearly five months, upon the ground that a material eyewitness was absent from the state. It was stipulated, however, that this alleged…