Legal Opinion
Whitney v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 6, 1961No. 40091PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
132 So.2d 599 (1961)
Dennis Manford WHITNEY, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 40091.
Supreme Court of Florida.
September 6, 1961.
Mitchell M. Goldman and Edward P. Swan, Miami, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
THORNAL, Justice.
Appellant Whitney, seeks reversal of a judgment of conviction and sentence to death based upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the first degree, without a mercy recommendation.
Numerous alleged procedural errors are assigned to support reversal.
The principal facts establishing the unlawful…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. RomeroCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
- State v. BobbstSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- State v. WarnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Blitch v. BuchananSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Stanton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- State v. MorelockSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- Whitney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
- Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Herman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
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