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Tindall v. State, (1930)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida Number:  Visitors: 10
Judges: PER CURIAM. —
Attorneys: R. Percy Jones, for Plaintiff in Error; Fred H. Davis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for Defendant in Error.
Filed: May 17, 1930
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 1134 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 1135 Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Hendry County for perjury and a motion to quash the indictment was filed and denied. Upon trial, defendant was co
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I think if the record had made it sufficiently clear that the court, over the defendant's objection, permitted counsel for the State to omit the opening argument, thus requiring the argument for the defendant to be made while his counsel was kept entirely in the dark as to what the concluding argument of the State would be, the case should be reversed for the reasons stated by me in Andrews v. State, 126 So. R. 751. But the record does not show that the State Attorney made any argument at all. Therefore, the record does not show that any injury resulted to the defendant. *Page 1144

STRUM, J., concurs.

Source:  CourtListener

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