Mayo v. State

71 So.2d 899 (1954)

MAYO

v.

STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

March 16, 1954.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1954.

Liddon, Isler & Welch, Panama City, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

DREW, Justice.

The appellant, Ellis Mayo, was indicted by the Bay County Grand Jury for the first-degree murder of one S.W. Coram, was tried therefor, convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a thirty year term in the State Prison. From the judgment and sentence this appeal is prosecuted.

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