Legal Opinion

Wildman v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 23, 1946PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ADAMS, J.:

Appellant was convicted of violating Sections 798.02 and 798.05, Fla. Stat. ’41, F.S.A., in that she did, lewdly and lasciviously, associate and cohabit with one Oscar Dowdell who was not her husband. The second charge is that appellant, a white woman, and the said Dowdell, a negro man, did habitually live in and occupy, in the night time, the same room.

The question before us is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the convictions. Heretofore the statutes have been construed by us and the rule has been established that in order to convict of the first offense there must be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pinson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  2. Luster v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
  3. Penton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1900
  4. Whitehead v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1904
  5. Langford v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McLaughlin v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  3. Callen v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  4. McLaughlin v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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