Williams v. State

238 So.2d 137 (1970)

George WILLIAMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. M-176.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 30, 1970.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1970.

Richard G. Weinberg, St. Augustine, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Roger W. Foote, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of mercy, and of course from the order denying motion for new trial and arrest of judgment. This case arose in St. Johns County, Florida and tried before the Honorable Robert…