Legal Opinion

Whitehead v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 19, 1971No. 70-241PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

245 So.2d 94 (1971)

Howard WHITEHEAD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 70-241.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 19, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1971.

Jack R. Schoonover, Port Charlotte, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Warren H. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.

McNULTY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder in the shooting death of "Rocky" Doss and appeals. We reverse.

It undisputedly appears that appellant was a rancher in Lee County and was also, apparently, in the land clearing and road…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  2. Motley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
  3. Croft v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
  4. Bagley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
  5. Burkhead v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Palmes v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  3. Cobb v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  4. William D. Cobb v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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