Legal Opinion
Russ v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 7, 1957PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
95 So.2d 594 (1957)
Leonard Perry RUSS, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc.
June 7, 1957.
Raymond E. Ford, Fort Pierce, and Otis Whitehurst, Okeechobee, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Jos. P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
O'CONNELL, Justice.
Leonard Perry Russ was tried by jury upon an indictment for murder in the first degree and was found guilty as charged. No recommendation of mercy was made. His motion for new trial was denied.
On appeal to this Court the judgment and sentence of death by electrocution was affirmed by opinion…
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