Legal Opinion

Lowman v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 10, 1920PublishedCited by 40 opinions

A writ of error to the Circuit Court for Hernando County; W. S. Bullock, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.

Upon an indictment charging murder in the first degree in Hernando County, Florida, by fatally shooting Ben. T. Harrell, “unlawfully and from a premeditated design to effect the death of the said Ben T. Harrell,” the' plaintiffs in error were convicted of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to mercy, and. took writ of error to a judgment imposing a life sentence.

It is contended here that “no venue whatever” was proven; that the court erred in admitting in evidence “the so-called dying declaration of Ben T. Harrell,” the deceased, and that the motion for new trial was erron*20eously…

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2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Cawthon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. Lester v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
  5. Howard v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1906

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  3. Francis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  4. State v. MelendezSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  5. Herzog v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983

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