Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 25, 1918PublishedCited by 49 opinions
Writ of Error to Circuit Court for Jackson County, C. L. Wilson, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of a violation of the local option laws in that county and was sentenced by the court to two years at hard labor in the State Prison. To this judgment he took a writ of error.
The question presented here is whether the indictment fails to allege an essential element of the offense sought to be charged.
*470The indictment, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:
“IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE.STATE OF FLORIDA:
“THE GRAND JURORS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, impaneled and sworn to enquire and true presentment make in and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
- State ex rel. Owens v. BarnesSupreme Court of Florida · 1888
- Barber v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
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3Cited by49 opinions
- State v. HendersonOhio Supreme Court · 1979
- Ellis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- Kirkland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
- State v. KeirnDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
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