Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided August 5, 1918PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Writ of error to Circuit Court for Seminole County; J. W. Perkins, Judge. ,

1Per curiam

Plaintiffs in error were convicted of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to the mercy of the court and under the statute sentenced to life imprisonment. Sections 3205, 3994, Gen. Stats. 1906, Compiled Laws, 1914.

The evidence of the identity of the plaintiffs in error as being the guilty parties is such that it is considered just and right that a new trial should be granted. Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 South. Rep. 502; Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70 South. Rep. 565.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nims v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  2. Platt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1913

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. Lowe v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
  3. Asher v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  4. Townsend v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1931

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