Legal Opinion

Reyes v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 13, 1963No. 62-750PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKDULL, Chief Judge.

The appellant, who was convicted of first degree murder with a recommendation of mercy, seeks review of his conviction and alleges as grounds for reversal and the granting of a new trial only one error, to wit: the introduction into evidence of a confession disclosing the homicide during the commission of a felony, and contends' that the trial judge erred in permitting same into evidence when the corpus delicti of the crime had not been established.

The appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury and charged,, under § 782.04, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., with the commission of a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. LyttonNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. Jefferson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1961
  3. Spanish v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1950
  4. Padgett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1935

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. DeJesus v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  2. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. McArthur v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  5. Trowell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973

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