Cook v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Brevard county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHockrr, J.
The plaintiff in error, M. C. Cook, was
jointly indicted with J. C. Murray and Floyd Walton at the fall term, 1902, of the Circuit Court of Brevard county, for the murder of one Stephen Smith, alleged to have been committed-on the thirtieth day of August, 1902, and said defendants were tried at that term. Murray and Walton were acquitted, and Cook was convicted of murder in the first degree, without recommendation, and sentence of death was passed upon him. From this sentence and judgment a writ of error was taken from this court.
There are eighty-one assignments of error.
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2Cases cited78 opinions
- Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
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- The People v. . ConroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- State v. WienersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
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