Flowers v. State

Mr. Chief Justice BUFORD and this writer are of the opinion that the court below erred in admitting a certain shoe in evidence and the testimony with reference thereto. This shoe was found under a chair in the living room of a dwelling at 608 South Newport Street, in Tampa, on March 31, 1942. The crime involved in this case was committed on November 11, 1941 at 111 South Newport Street. The trial of this case was held early in June, 1942. The witness who testified at the trial that he sold a pair of shoes “just like this shoe,” to the defendant, stated that he sold them to him “about four…