Burnett v. State

The indictment herein was filed in the Circuit Court for Levy County, May 8, 1939. It charges murder in the first degree to have been committed January 28, 1939. Verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree with recommendation to the mercy of the court was returned October 26, 1939. Judgment of conviction was rendered and sentence to life imprisonment was adjudged November 1, 1939. A writ of error to the judgment was issued January 15, 1940, returnable April 10, 1940. On September 26, 1940, the Attorney General moved “to dismiss the writ of error and all proceedings taken pursuant…