Legal Opinion

Whitten v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 7, 1923PublishedCited by 5 opinions

A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Hardee ■County; George W. Whitehurst, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.

This cause is here for a second time. (Whitten v. State, 82 Fla. 181, 89 South. Rep. 421.) On a former writ of error the judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree was reversed and upon a second trial there was a verdict of guilty and sentence of death was again imposed. To review this judgment writ of error *114was taken from this Court. The facts sufficiently appear in the former opinion and dissenting opinion.

The indictment was found and returned by a grand jury in and for DeSoto County at the spring term in the year 1920. Subsequently and during the regular session of the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Levison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Godau v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  4. McCleary v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
  5. Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Reddish v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
  2. Edwards v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  3. Browne v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  4. Pitts v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
  5. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1953

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