Legal Opinion
Sweet v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 17, 1970No. 68-614PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
235 So.2d 40 (1970)
John J. SWEET, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 68-614.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 17, 1970.
Rehearing Denied May 18, 1970.
James M. McEwen and Raymond E. LaPorte, LaPorte, Ragano and Tampa, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael N. Kavouklis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.
McNULTY, Judge.
Appellant directly appeals from his conviction and life sentence for the first degree murder of Charles V. Maxcy. We reverse.
The theory of the State's case is that for some…
Also in this document: Dissent · Pierce; Dissent · Pierce.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
- Lockwood v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Kirkland v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
3Cited by10 opinions
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