Poole v. State

194 So.2d 903 (1967)

Sammie Lee POOLE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 35175.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 15, 1967.

Richard H. Hyatt, Sebring, and David F. Lanier, Avon Park, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Stanley D. Kupiszewski, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

By trial held December 15, 1965 Appellant Sammie Lee Poole was found guilty of rape, with no recommendation of mercy being made, and sentenced to death. Motion for new trial was denied and Appellant appealed to this Court. On appeal Appellant presents the following assignments of error:

"(1) The verdict…