Legal Opinion
Holland v. Mayes
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 7, 1944PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, J.:
In May, 1941, Howard Mayes as Sheriff of Escambia County, and two of his deputies, Red Salmons and Guy Harvey and Mallory Williams, a constable, went to a restaurant on the outskirts of Pensacola operated by Chris Merinkers to apprehend William McCray who was charged with stealing cigarettes. The party traveled in the sheriff’s car and parked it between the restaurant and the fence which ran about twenty-five feet to the north. McCray appeared at the fence north of the car about two o’clock in the morning and Merinkers went to negotiate with him for the stolen cigarettes. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Malone v. HowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
3Cited by26 opinions
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