Collins v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Columbia ■county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the ■court.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, J.:
The writ of error in this cause was applied for and 'issued after the lapse of six months from the judg.ment of conviction from which it was taken. Upon a 'motion to dismiss before this court on behalf of the State it was contended that under Section 2972 of the Revised Statutes, that provides as follows: “Writs of ■error in criminal cases shall issue as of right, and shall .be issued and made returnable as the like writs in civil ■cases,” the writ should be dismissed because it was not sued out and taken within six months, that being the time limited by Section 1271 of the Revised…
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