McElveen v. State

72 So.2d 785 (1954)

McELVEEN et al.

v.

STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

May 7, 1954.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1954.

M.H. Jones, Clearwater, for appellants.

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

THOMAS, Justice.

We will not soil the pages of our reports with the details of the sordid crime which these defendants confessed they committed.

The appellants question the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the corpus delicti as a basis for the introduction of the confessions. There is no need to reiterate the reasons for the rule that a "confession…