Legal Opinion
Le Prell v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 3, 1960No. C-168PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STURGIS, Judge.
Abraham LePrell, who was convicted under Section 562.23, Florida Statutes, F:S.A., of conspiracy to violate the beverage law, and thereupon sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail at hard labor for one year, seeks certiorari to review that sentence on the ground that it is a cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of Section 8 of the Declaration of Rights, Constitution of Florida, F.S.A., and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The conspiracy charged in this case involved the sale without license of beverages containing more than 1% of alcohol by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. RabinowichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Heike v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Clune v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Sneed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- DeLoach v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970