Legal Opinion
Brock v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 5, 1954PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
69 So.2d 344 (1954)
BROCK
v.
STATE.
Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.
January 5, 1954.
C.A. Avriett, Jasper, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
SEBRING, Justice.
The defendant below has appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Columbia County finding him guilty of murder in the first degree. There is no controversy about the circumstances under which the deceased, Tommy Joe Brock, the 5-year old son of the defendant, met his death, or the fact that the defendant killed the child by grasping him by the legs and dashing his head…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1902
- State Ex Rel. Deeb v. FabisinskiSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Acree v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
- Stanton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
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3Cited by28 opinions
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Fowler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Parkin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Everett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
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