Legal Opinion
Bellamy v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 2, 1977No. 50082PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
347 So.2d 419 (1977)
Sylvester BELLAMY, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 50082.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 2, 1977.
Robert A. Farrance of Kearney & Mulock, Bradenton, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
BOYD, Justice.
Undercover police detectives began to observe a pool hall in Palmetto, Florida, where they suspected gambling was being conducted. Eventually they covertly participated with others in dice games played for money on a pool table in the back of the hall. Sylvester Bellamy, the lessee of the building, was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Creash v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
3Cited by3 opinions
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