Collins v. State, (1944)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
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Visitors: 8
Judges: BUFORD, C. J.:
Attorneys: W.H. Mizell, for appellant.
J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, and John C. Wynn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Filed: Nov. 07, 1944
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: Appellant, having been indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County for the crime of murder in the first degree, presents his appeal to this Court. Appellant presents five questions for our consideration as grounds for reversal. The first question challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and judgment. We have carefully considered the evidence as reflected in the transcript of record and find it amply sufficient to prove the guilt of appellant to the e
Summary: Appellant, having been indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County for the crime of murder in the first degree, presents his appeal to this Court. Appellant presents five questions for our consideration as grounds for reversal. The first question challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and judgment. We have carefully considered the evidence as reflected in the transcript of record and find it amply sufficient to prove the guilt of appellant to the ex..
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We think the State attorney, in his questions to defendant as to his former convictions for crime, went beyond the scope of examination on that subject allowable under the statute, 90.08 Fla. Statutes 1941, F.S.A. as construed in the cases cited in the above opinion and also in the case of Wilson v. State,134 Fla. 199, 183 So. 748, but we are not convinced that any prejudicial error was committed in this particular care. In other respects we concur in the opinion and in the judgment of affirmance.
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