Judges: CHAPMAN, J.
Attorneys: G.C. Durrance, for Plaintiff in Error;
Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Tyrus A. Norwood,
Assistant Attorney General, for the State.
Filed: Jul. 06, 1938
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: This case is here on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Okeechobee County, Florida. On September 9, 1936, a Grand Jury of said County presented an indictment charging Aaron Anderson on July 1, 1936, with the killing of Emma Hartsfield in Okeechobee County, Florida. On May 10, 1937, at a special term of the said Circuit Court the said Aaron Anderson was arraigned on said indictment and entered or caused to be entered thereto a plea of not guilty. On the 20th day of May, 1937, the cause was tri
Summary: This case is here on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Okeechobee County, Florida. On September 9, 1936, a Grand Jury of said County presented an indictment charging Aaron Anderson on July 1, 1936, with the killing of Emma Hartsfield in Okeechobee County, Florida. On May 10, 1937, at a special term of the said Circuit Court the said Aaron Anderson was arraigned on said indictment and entered or caused to be entered thereto a plea of not guilty. On the 20th day of May, 1937, the cause was trie..
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I think the charge complained of, standing alone, was entirely proper. The court did not instruct the jury that they must
consider the testimony of the defendant in the light of the fact that he was the defendant and interested in the result of the trial, but in effect, that it was within their province to do so, that is, that they might properly consider his testimony in the light of that fact.
