Legal Opinion
Blocker v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 12, 1926PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Horne, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for murder in the first degree by a grand jury of Dade County, Florida, was- tried and convicted of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation to mercy. This conviction was not allowed to stand in this court because of errors of law in charging the jury as to defense of insanity. Blocker v. State, 87 Fla. 128, 99 South. Rep. 250. The defense of insanity was vouched for by this court as having been made in good faith. There was another trial of the plaintiff in error for murder in the first degree, as a result of which the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1902
- People v. . WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- State v. NewcombSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Dickinson v. BarberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
- Flanagan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commonwealth v. MustoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Parkin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
- Cirack v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
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