Legal Opinion
Van Eaton v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 13, 1967No. 36381PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
205 So.2d 298 (1967)
Richard VAN EATON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 36381.
Supreme Court of Florida.
December 13, 1967.
John E. Watson, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
DREW, Justice.
This appeal from a verdict of guilty and sentence of death presents two questions for determination. The first is whether this Court will continue to follow the M'Naghten "right and wrong" rule with relation to the defense of insanity in criminal cases, and the second is whether the jury determined the question of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Bowling v. Department of Ins.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- State Ex Rel. Boyd v. GreenSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
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