Legal Opinion

Trafficante v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 23, 1957PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

92 So.2d 811 (1957)

Santo TRAFFICANTE, Jr., and Henry Trafficante, Appellants,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

January 23, 1957.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1957.

Whitaker Brothers, Mark R. Hawes and John R. Parkhill, Tampa, for appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Jos. P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

2Per curiam

Appellants here seek review of their conviction of violating the bribery laws of the State of Florida.

They first contend that the trial court erred in permitting the State Attorney directly or indirectly to comment upon the fact that appellants failed…

Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Coco v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  2. Broadway v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  3. Vann v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
  4. Way v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  5. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1939

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4Cited by83 opinions

  1. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
  3. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  4. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  5. State v. MarshallSupreme Court of Florida · 1985

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