Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Dade county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.
Charlie Davis was indicted in one count for breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit the felony of larceny. The indictment charged that at the time of such breaking and entering the defendant was armed with a dangerous weapon and also that he .made an actual assault upon a person who was lawfully in said dwelling. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
A motion to quash the indictment was overruled. The grounds of the motion insisted on here are that the indictment is duplicitous and that the weapon is not so described as to make it as matter of law a…
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