Legal Opinion

Bishop v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Hernando' county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Carter, J.:

At a term of the Circuit Court of Hernando county-held in June-July, 1898, the plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree, but recommended to mercy, under an indictment charging him and one Jake Milliken, alias Bob Brinson, as principals, the latter in the first, the former in the second degree, with the murder of John Sharp, and from the sentence imposed sued out this writ of error.

Milliken had upon a separate trial been found guilty of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mere}'-, but had not been sentenced when plaintiff in error was tried. The…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  2. Commonwealth v. GorhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  3. Blaufus v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. Marion v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Faunce v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
  2. Meyer v. Missouri Real Estate CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1944
  3. Washington v. MayoSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
  4. Barineau v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
  5. Yates v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1901

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