Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of - Error to the Circuit Court for Putnam County. The facts’ in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
.Cockrell, J.
—The plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court for Putnam county for the murder in the first degree of John A. Germoncl. He was tried and convicted and the death penalty was pronounced against him. No errors are assigned upon the record proper nor upon the charges of the court; the assignment based *47upon the refusal to instruct upon circumstantial evidence is expressly abandoned.
The first assignment is upon the refusal of the court to permit the recalling of William Davis, a state witness, to allow the defendant to lay the .foundation for impeachment. This witness had…
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- Burroughs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
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