Legal Opinion

Council v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 22, 1933PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted under the second count in an indictment charging him with the offense of assault with intent to murder.

The record discloses' very little, if any, evidence at all to sustain the verdict. ,

In Fuller v. State, 92 Fla. 873, 110 Sou. 528, we said:

“In considering this case, we are mindful of the oft repeated rule that in criminal prosecution, a verdict of guilty will not ordinarily be disturbed upon the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence, where there is some evidence from which all the elements' of the crime may have been legally found or inferred, and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. Nims v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  3. Platt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1913
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
  5. Graham v. GrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Callaway v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  2. Fortner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
  3. Woodward v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  4. Haag v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1938

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