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Pitts v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Dec 5, 1947
32 So. 2d 753 (Fla. 1947)

Opinion

December 5, 1947.

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

Woodrow M. Melvin, for appellant.

J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, and Ernest W. Welch, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Appellant, defendant in the court below, being informed against for the crime of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree, on conflicting evidence was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree, and adjudged guilty of that offense. From the judgment he perfected appeal here.

There is in the record sufficient evidence, which if believed by the jury, to warrant the verdict and judgment. The jury so found and the trial court concurred by denying motion for new trial.

Judgment should be affirmed on authority of McNish v. State, 47 Fla. 69, 36 So. 176 and cases there cited; also Rhodes v. State, 104 Fla. 520, 140 So. 309; Raker v. State, 84 Fla. 277, 94 So. 613; Fortner v. State, 119 Fla. 150, 161 So. 94; Herndon v. State, 73 Fla. 451, 74 So. 511; Barrentine v. State, 72 Fla. 1, 72 So. 280 Tucker v. State, 100 Fla. 1440. 131 So. 327.

It is so ordered.

Affirmed.

THOMAS, C. J., ADAMS and BARNS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Pitts v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Dec 5, 1947
32 So. 2d 753 (Fla. 1947)
Case details for

Pitts v. State

Case Details

Full title:FRANKLIN PITTS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, Division B

Date published: Dec 5, 1947

Citations

32 So. 2d 753 (Fla. 1947)
32 So. 2d 753