Morrison v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Holmes County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C. J.:
Under an indictment found in November, 1897, charging the plaintiff in error, jointly with three other parties, with murder in the first degree, the plaintiff in error was separately tried and convicted of murder in the second degree in May, 1899, in the Circuit Court of Holmes county, sentenced to life imprisonment and takes writ of error.
The errors assigned are as follows: 1st. The court erred in overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial, on the various grounds mentioned therein.
*1512nd. The court erred in denying the motion of the defendant in arrest of judgment.
The motion…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Dunlop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Pinder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1869
- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- Rosenbaum v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
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