Hornbeck v. State

77 So.2d 876 (1955)

Samuel J. HORNBECK, alias Jerome Bryant, alias Lawrence Baker, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

March 9, 1955.

E. John Nelson and John E. Santora, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

ROBERTS, Justice.

The appellant was found guilty of a charge of murder in the first degree, without recommendation of mercy, and has appealed from the judgment of conviction entered thereon which carries a mandatory sentence of death.

The facts upon which the charge against the…