Ingram v. State

Toney Ingram was indicted for murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Duval County on April 12, 1940. From a judgment of conviction and sentence in the State prison for manslaughter, this appeal is brought under the Criminal Procedure Act, Section 280, Chapter 19554, Acts of 1939.

The State’s proofs consist almost entirely of circumstantial evidence. It appears that the deceased met his death as the result of pistol wounds fired by someone who shot deceased in front of his home as he was returning from a party about two o’clock in the morning; that the accused had told the deceased…