Everett v. State

97 So.2d 241 (1957)

George Lowell EVERETT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 14, 1957.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1957.

Cornett, Duncan & Leath, Panama City, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

TERRELL, Chief Justice.

Appellant, George Lowell Everett, was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Lou Ellen Jones. The indictment charged that the murder was committed on January 18, 1955, by choking deceased with a short length of cord. To the indictment defendant entered a plea of "not guilty," by…