Acree v. State

I concur in the judgment reached by a majority of the Court but not for the reasons stated in the majority opinion. I do not think the denial of the motion for a change of venue constituted reversible error.

A number of assignments of error are presented which I have considered with the result that I find only one ground upon which I think the judgment should be reversed.

To sustain a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree every essential element of the crime must be proved beyond every reasonable doubt. Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139,116 So. 7.

The existence of a premediatated…