Legal Opinion

Hogan v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1905PublishedCited by 21 opinions

This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Walton County The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.

Jacob Hogan was indicted October 12, 1903, tried and convicted in October, 1904, of an attempt to commit rape and to the sentence pronounced thereon prosecuted his writ of error returnable to this term of the Supreme Court. The errors assigned héré are upon the denial of the motions in arrest and for a hew trial resspectively.

It is necessary for us to treat only the sufficiency of the indictment, but we cannot refrain from saying that the evidence is far from satisfactory and that it would strain our ideas of justice should we be forced to uphold the verdict.

The indictment charges that Jacob…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
  2. Hicks v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
  3. State v. FrazierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
  4. State v. . ColvinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  5. United States v. UlriciU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1875

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Gustine v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1923
  2. Groneau v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  3. Gentry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  4. Miller v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  5. McEwing v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1915

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