Alligood v. State

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Newell Alligood, was indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree by the Grand Jury of Lee County, Florida and was convicted by the jury of the offense with a recommendation of mercy. He was sentenced by Judge Odom on February 10, 1966, to life imprisonment.

This appeal is a companion case to that of Williams v. State, Fla.App., 199 So.2d 752, in which our opinion has been filed affirming the conviction and sentence of Robert Earl Williams to life imprisonment, opinion filed May 24, 1967. For a complete statement of the facts in the instant case, we…