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Oliver v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A
May 15, 1930
128 So. 639 (Fla. 1930)

Opinion

Opinion filed May 15, 1930.

A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Dade County; Paul D. Barns, Judge.

Affirmed.

Warren S. Reese and J. Walter Kehoe, for Plaintiff in Error;

Fred H. Davis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for Defendant in Error.


Writ of error in this cause is taken to a judgment imposing a sentence of twenty-eight years in the State penitentiary on the plaintiff in error, the said judgment being predicated on a verdict of murder in the second degree. The sole question raised here is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. The State's witnesses swore positively as to the identity of and participation of the plaintiff in error in the homicide. The defendant's witnesses contradicted the testimony of the State on every material point. The jury believed the former. It is not shown that they erred or were influenced by considerations outside the evidence.

Affirmed.

TERRELL, C. J., AND ELLIS AND BROWN, J. J., concur.

WHITFIELD, P. J., AND STRUM AND BUFORD, J. J., concur in the opinion and judgment.


Summaries of

Oliver v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A
May 15, 1930
128 So. 639 (Fla. 1930)
Case details for

Oliver v. State

Case Details

Full title:LEON OLIVER, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Defendant in Error

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, Division A

Date published: May 15, 1930

Citations

128 So. 639 (Fla. 1930)
128 So. 639