Slayton v. State, (1932)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 11
Judges: BUFORD, C.J. —
Attorneys: Kehoe Kehoe, Hendricks Hendricks and Chappell, Brown and Allen, for Plaintiffs in Error;
Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell,
Assistant, for the State.
Filed: May 28, 1932
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: In this case the appellants were defendants in the court below and on an indictment in several counts charging murder in the first degree were convicted of murder in the second degree. There are a number of assignments of error, one of which is based upon the alleged improper statements by the State's Attorney to the Jury in the closing argument of the case. It is unnecessary for us to determine here whether or not those statements constituted reversible error, as the cage must be reversed on an
Summary: In this case the appellants were defendants in the court below and on an indictment in several counts charging murder in the first degree were convicted of murder in the second degree. There are a number of assignments of error, one of which is based upon the alleged improper statements by the State's Attorney to the Jury in the closing argument of the case. It is unnecessary for us to determine here whether or not those statements constituted reversible error, as the cage must be reversed on ano..
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It not being shown that there was any fraud, and the Statute not requiring the Circuit Judge to specify the number of names to be placed in the box, and it not appearing that any of the jurors was disqualified, it seems to me that the plea in abatement merely raises an immaterial irregularity.
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