Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 20, 1920PublishedCited by 32 opinions

A Writ of Error to Circuit Court of DeSoto County; Geo. W. Whitehurst, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.

The plaintiff in error, hereafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted in the Circuit Court for DeSoto County on a charge of breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit a felony, to-wit, grand larceny. Upon a trial of the case there was a verdict of guilty as charged. Motion for a new trial was made and denied. By the sentence imposed the defendant *317was required to serve a term of one year at hard labor in the state prison. Writ of error was taken from, this court to the judgment of the court below imposing this sentence.

The prosecution is under Section 3281, General…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Schwabacher v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Ex parte VincentSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
  3. Handy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  4. Harrison v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  5. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State v. LoukWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Carrier v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1949
  3. STATE DEPT. OF BUS. REG. v. Salvation Ltd.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. George Ralph James, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  5. People v. CardonaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983

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