Legal Opinion

Drawdy v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 19, 1929PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted of the unmentionable crime and seeks reversal of the judgment on writ of error.

The evidence we deemed to be sufficient to sustain the verdict. A diseusssion of it is unnecessary as it would serve no useful purpose. Two witnesses saw the accused in the act and so testified. They were unable to say that there was actual emission and counsel contend that as such fact is a necessary ingredient of the crime the circumstances to which the witnesses testified were not sufficient to exclude the inference that it did not occur; that the rule in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peninsular Industrial Insurance v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  2. Barker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  3. McQuagge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  4. Hagan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1913

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pueblo v. Gutiérrez PérezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1950
  2. State v. MasseyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Bivins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  5. People v. Gutiérrez PérezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1950

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