Legal Opinion

Jefferson v. Sweat

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 7, 1954PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

76 So.2d 494 (1954)

JEFFERSON ex rel.

v.

SWEAT.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

July 27, 1954.

On Rehearing December 7, 1954.

M.H. Myerson and Walter G. Arnold, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Mark R. Hawes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William A. Hallowes, III, Jacksonville, for appellee.

TERRELL, Justice.

August 27, 1953 appellant was arrested in Duval County with a Federal wagering stamp which he admitted to be his property and that he purchased it in July 1953. He was carried before a committing magistrate where a warrant was issued charging him with various offenses, among…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Tot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Morrison v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. United States v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Cross v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Marchetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Meeks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  3. Ruiz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. Shoot v. Illinois Liquor Control CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
  5. DIV. OF PARI-MUTUEL ETC. v. CapleSupreme Court of Florida · 1978

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