McLendon v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of murder in the first degree, with no recommendation to mercy, and to the judgment of conviction he takes writ of error.

The deceased was a police officer of the city of West Palm Beach. The defendant resisted an effort of the police officer to place him under arrest, and during the encounter which ensued the police officer was fatally wounded with a bullet from his own pistol. The State claims that the bullet was fired by the defendant from a premeditated design to effect the death of the officer, while the…