Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 8, 1953PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

68 So.2d 583 (1953)

WILLIAMS

v.

STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

December 8, 1953.

Sam E. Murrell, Sam E. Murrell, Jr., Orlando, for appellant.

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

James G. Horrell, Orlando, amicus curiae.

SEBRING, Justice.

Patrick Henry Williams, the defendant below, was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. Upon arraignment he entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury convicted the defendant of murder in the first degree and recommended him to the mercy of the court. The trial…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Register v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1935

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Teffeteller v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  2. Anton Vaughn Evalt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. Nowitzke v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. Commonwealth v. KilleleaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  5. State v. MakalArizona Supreme Court · 1969

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