Williams v. State

117 So.2d 473 (1960)

James A. WILLIAMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 27, 1960.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1960.

Paul Lake, Tampa, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

The evidence in this case which led to a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and the ultimate sentence of death in the electric chair was circumstantial and we will, therefore, judge it carefully by the rule lately announced in Davis v. State, Fla., 90 So.2d 629, and in the cases cited in that…