Higginbotham v. State

CHAPMAN, J.:

The appellants, Otis E. Higginbotham and Lester Higginbotham, were indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree by a grand jury of Duval County, Florida. The indictment charged that Otis E. Higginbotham shot Joel M. Hall, Jr., on December 5, 1943, in Duval County and Lester Higginbotham at the time was present aiding, procuring and counseling Otis E. Higginbotham in the commission of the crime. They were arraigned and plead not guilty and then placed upon trial and convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree, and each sentenced to serve a period of thirty years…