Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 12, 1944PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ADAMS, J.:

Appellant was charged with breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit a misdemeanor; to-wit, an assault and battery.

The. jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged.

The only question presented by this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence. We have carefully considered the entire record and find the evidence sufficiently convincing to sustain the verdict which was also approved by the trial judge.

Of our own motion however we will consider the legality of the sentence because we will not approve a judgment which is patently erroneous. As stated above the charge…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Streeter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  2. Perkins v. MayoSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  3. Bateh v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
  4. Trainor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  5. Lopez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

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