Legal Opinion

Hoyt v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 2, 1959PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

119 So.2d 691 (1959)

Gwendolyn HOYT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 2, 1959.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1960.

C.J. Hardee, Jr., of Hardee & Ott and Carl C. Durrance, Tampa, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

DREW, Justice.

Gwendolyn Hoyt was indicted for second-degree murder of her husband Clarence Hoyt. She pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of temporary insanity, was tried and a verdict of guilty as charged was rendered by the jury.

The homicide occurred at the parties' home when…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Per curiam; Dissent.

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Ballard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hoyt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Hinds Cty. Bd. of Sup'rs v. Common CauseMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
  4. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
  5. Shevin v. KahnSupreme Court of Florida · 1973

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