Legal Opinion

Riggins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 18, 1919PublishedCited by 9 opinions

A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court- for Lafayette County, M. F. Horne, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.

— The indictment herein for murder in the first degree alleges that Eddie Riggins in Lafayette County, Florida, on November 30, 1917, “with force and arms, and with a deadly weapon, to-wit, a shotgun loaded and charged with gunpowder and leaden bullets, and *461which shotgun he, the said Eddie Riggins, then and there had and held in his hands, in and upon one Stella Riggins unlawfully and from a premeditated design to effect the death of the said Stella Riggins did make an assault; and the said Eddie Riggins did then and there unlawfully and from a premeditated design to effect the death of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kersey v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
  2. Hays v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  3. Seymour v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1913
  4. McCaskill v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1908

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Akin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
  2. Yarborough v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  3. Poyner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
  4. Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  5. Collinsworth v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1921

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