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Jenkins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
Jan 5, 1931
132 So. 198 (Fla. 1931)

Opinion

Decision filed January 5, 1931.

A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Madison County; Hal W. Adams, Judge.

I. J. McCall, for Plaintiff in Error;

Fred H. Davis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant for the State.


This Writ of Error is from a judgment resulting from a trial and conviction of murder in the second degree. It is contended here that the charge of the trial court as to murder in the second degree was erroneous and that error was committed in not sustaining an objection of the defendant to certain testimony of Charlie Noegel.

We do not think either assignment is well grounded. There was ample evidence in the record to support the verdict and judgment and the law is well settled that a jury may return a verdict of murder in the second degree on an indictment charging murder in the first degree.

Affirmed.

TERRELL, C. J., and WHITFIELD, ELLIS, STRUM, BROWN and BUFORD, J. J., concur.


Summaries of

Jenkins v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
Jan 5, 1931
132 So. 198 (Fla. 1931)
Case details for

Jenkins v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOE JENKINS, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Defendant in Error

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc

Date published: Jan 5, 1931

Citations

132 So. 198 (Fla. 1931)
132 So. 198

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