Legal Opinion
Washington v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 17, 1928PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Abe Washington, a negro man, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged for the homicide of a negro woman. The judgment was affirmed. Washington v. State,86 Fla. 519, 98 So.2d Rep. 603.
After the conviction and before the affirmance of the judgment the statute changed the method of capital punishment from…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Tarrance v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Lamb v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Nickels v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
- Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Washington v. DowlingSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Herndon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
- Cornelious v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Chambers v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
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