Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 22, 1938PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chapman J.,

It having been made to appear by sworn petition of Michael C. Jones for a"writ of error coram nobis that he was .convicted of the crime of armed robbery in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County and sentenced to the State Prison of Florida for the term of his natural life. That on writ of error to the judgment of conviction the same was affirmed by this Court and reported in 122 Fla. 307, 165 Sou. Rep. 33. The basis of the petition is the alleged perjured testimony of William B. Poling given at the trial of the petitioner, coupled with “duress, coercion, intimidation…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lamb v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. Reed v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  3. Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
  4. Skipper v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1935

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hysler v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Anderson v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
  3. Ex Parte WellesSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
  4. Cole v. Walker Fertilizer CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  5. Yon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1939

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