Coco v. State

62 So.2d 892 (1953)

COCO

v.

STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

January 20, 1953.

Whitaker Brothers, Tampa, and Hubbard & Carr, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and William A. O'Bryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HOBSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant (defendant below) was charged with first degree murder in and by an indictment returned by the Grand Jury of Dade County, Florida, on March 29, 1951. He entered a plea of not guilty and the case was then tried before a jury which trial began on June 8, 1951. At the conclusion of the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of…