Pitts v. State

185 So.2d 164 (1966)

Randoil PITTS, Jr., Alias Randolph Pitts, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 34280.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 13, 1966.

Eugene T. Whitworth, Joseph V. Canto and James D. Salter, Gainesville, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

DREW, Justice.

Appellant Randoil Pitts, Jr., alias Randolph Pitts, Jr., was tried and convicted of the offense of rape and sentenced to death. He raises six points on this appeal and we shall dispose of them in the order raised.

The first point is whether the trial judge…