Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
228 So.2d 377 (1969)
Edward WILLIAMS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 37316.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 23, 1969.
James F. Littman and John E. Prewitt, Stuart, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
HOPPING, Justice.
The appellant, Edward Williams, was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury did not recommend mercy. He now appeals.
The facts, briefly, are these. In April, 1962, Lucy Ann Wetherington was found murdered in the restroom of the small office where she was employed in Hobe Sound, Florida.…
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