Peterson v. State, (1925)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 14
Judges: BROWN, J. —
Attorneys: John M. Coe and J. Leo Anderson, for Plaintiff in Error;
Rivers Buford, Attorney General, and Marvin C. McIntosh,
Assistant, for the State.
Filed: Oct. 20, 1925
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The plaintiff in error was convicted of assault with intent to rape. On the trial, witness O'Connell for the defendant, testified on his direct examination that he was a Captain of Police; that he had known the prosecutrix for about a year; that he was familiar with her general reputation for chastity, and that such reputation was bad. On cross examination by the State he testified that he had not heard her reputation discussed by anybody, but had seen her in bad places and around on the streets
Summary: The plaintiff in error was convicted of assault with intent to rape. On the trial, witness O'Connell for the defendant, testified on his direct examination that he was a Captain of Police; that he had known the prosecutrix for about a year; that he was familiar with her general reputation for chastity, and that such reputation was bad. On cross examination by the State he testified that he had not heard her reputation discussed by anybody, but had seen her in bad places and around on the streets ..
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While agreeing, in the abstract, with the principles stated in the third and fourth head notes, I do not agree to their application to the facts in this case. I therefore dissent from those propositions as applied to this case.
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