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Dodson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 10, 1976No. Z-484PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

334 So.2d 305 (1976)

Harry Martin DODSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. Z-484.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 10, 1976.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1976.

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and Douglas C. Kearney, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

There was weighty circumstantial evidence that Dodson committed arson by setting fire to the dwelling of his former wife. The latter stages of the marriage were marked by hostility. There was physical evidence that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  3. Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  4. McVeigh v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
  5. Duncan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Paul v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  2. Cotita v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. Hill v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  4. Christopher v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  5. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977

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