Legal Opinion

Singer v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 13, 1959PublishedCited by 185 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

109 So.2d 7 (1959)

Philip B. SINGER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 13, 1959.

Hollis V. Knight, Starke, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

O'CONNELL, Justice.

Defendant Philip B. Singer was indicted and tried for the murder of Marilyn Burch Fagan. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and made no recommendation to mercy for the defendant. The court accordingly entered its judgment and sentence of execution against the defendant. Defendant's motion for new trial was…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Pennekamp v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by185 opinions

  1. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Lusk v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  3. Carratelli v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  4. Davis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974

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