Harrison v. State

CHAPMAN, J.:

On June 13, 1941, the appellant, Cellos Harrison, was indicted by a grand jury of Jackson County, Florida, for the murder of Jimmie Mayo on February 5, 1940. He was adjudged insolvent and Honorable Ben F. Barnes was by the court appointed to defend Harrison. The appellant, on June 23, 1941, was placed upon trial and the following day the jury rendered a verdict of murder in the first degree, without recomendation of mercy. The trial court overruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution, and from this judgment an appeal has been perfected…