Pait v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
112 So.2d 380 (1959)
Jesse Coolidge PAIT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 11, 1959.
Rehearing Denied May 27, 1959.
Harvie S. DuVal, Miami, and Arthur A. Carlson, Hialeah, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
THORNAL, Justice.
Appellant Pait seeks reversal of a judgment of conviction and sentence to death entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy.
Our judgment turns on certain aspects of the closing argument of the State…
Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.
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