Legal Opinion
Coley v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 4, 1915PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Writ of error to Circuit Court for Olay County; Geo. Couper Gibbs, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Isaac Coley, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Clay County in April, 1913, for murder in the first degree for the unlawful killing of Charles Manago in February of that year. He was tried in October, 1913, and convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment; on writ of error from this court, the judgment was reversed. Coley v. State, 67 Fla. 178, 64 South. Rep. 750.
The defendant was again put on trial in the Circuit Court for Clay County in December, 1914, this time upon the charge of murder in the second degree; he was…
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