Legal Opinion

Perkins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 8, 1969No. 37005PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

228 So.2d 382 (1969)

Cecil PERKINS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 37005.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 8, 1969.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1969.

S. Gunter Toney, of Toney & Guarisco, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

2Per curiam

This is a direct appeal from a verdict and judgment convicting Appellant of rape without recommendation of mercy. Jurisdiction of the appeal attached under Section 4(2), Article V, Florida Constitution, F.S.A.

Appellant, Cecil Perkins, a seventeen-year-old Negro, was indicted on October…

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3Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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4Cited by34 opinions

  1. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Lynch v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  3. State v. AshbySupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  4. McDole v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  5. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979

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