Legal Opinion

Burns v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 19, 1929PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

In this case we find no reversible error revealed by the record to have occurred during-the progress of the trial of the cause, but the record discloses that there was" no adjudication of defendant’s guilt. Therefore, there was no judgment of conviction upon which to base a sentence of imprisonment or otherwise. Aside from this, we deem the language used in imposing the sentence inadequate. See Harris v. State, 75 Fla. 527, 78 So. R. 526; Timmons v. State, filed January 18, 1929, reported 119 So. R. 363; Mathis et al., v. State 67 Fla. 277, 64 So. R. 944.

Reversed and remanded for a proper…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  2. Mathis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1914

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Corn v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. Anderson v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  3. Cancela v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  4. Craig v. NoelSupreme Court of Florida · 1933

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