Legal Opinion
Piccott v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 9, 1959PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
116 So.2d 626 (1959)
Howard B. PICCOTT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Florida.
December 9, 1959.
Rehearing Denied January 12, 1960.
Tobias Simon, Miami, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
O'CONNELL, Justice.
Appellant Piccott was indicted and tried for the rape of a nine year old girl. The jury returned a verdict of guilty without a recommendation to mercy. He appeals from the judgment of guilty and sentence to death which followed the jury's verdict.
Defendant does not contend that he did not commit the…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Singer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- State v. PikeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1870
- Pait v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Hardy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Paramore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Diaz v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
- Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
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