Rockett v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Chief Judge.
Appellant Dale Eugene Rockett appeals to this Court from a judgment of conviction consequent upon a jury verdict of guilty against him after trial of a charge of sale of marijuana.
No arguable issue, either of law or of fact, is made in this Court for reversal except that during the jury trial the presiding Judge injected himself too multiloquently and gratuitously on the side of the prosecution and against the defendant on trial as to unwarrantably deprive him of fair consideration of his guilt or innocence by the jury.
It is contended that his comments during the trial…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
3Cited by3 opinions
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