Helton v. State

Full title: C. B. HELTON v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc

Date published: May 4, 1943

13 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 1943)

152 Fla. 726

Opinion

April 13, 1943 Rehearing Denied May 4, 1943

An appeal from the Circuit Court of Record for Escambia County, Ernest E. Mason, Judge.

J. Montrose Edrehi, for appellant.

J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, Woodrow M. Melvin and Lewis W. Petteway, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed.

TERRELL, CHAPMAN, THOMAS, and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

BUFORD, C. J., BROWN and ADAMS, JJ., dissent.

BROWN, J., dissenting:

I do not think the evidence in this case is sufficient to prove the appellant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The judgment should in my opinion be reversed for a new trial.

BUFORD, C. J., and ADAMS, J., concur.