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Patrick v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc
Dec 22, 1944
20 So. 2d 255 (Fla. 1944)

Opinion

December 22, 1944

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County, Jos. S. White, Judge.

J.R. Bullock and Newman T. Miller, for appellant.

J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, John C. Wynn, Assistant Attorney General, and Bourke Floyd, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to mercy which, under the law, carries a life sentence.

On appeal he questions the sufficiency of the evidence and the failure of the trial judge to charge on the applicable law of self-defense.

We find that these questions are wholly without merit; that the trial was conducted according to law and the evidence is sufficient.

The judgment is affirmed.

BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN, ADAMS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

BROWN and THOMAS, JJ., dissent.


There is, as I see it, no substantial evidence in this record of an intent to kill on the part of the appellant, and my view is that the judgment should be reversed, or the grade of the offense reduced to manslaughter.

THOMAS, J., concurs.


Summaries of

Patrick v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc
Dec 22, 1944
20 So. 2d 255 (Fla. 1944)
Case details for

Patrick v. State

Case Details

Full title:SHAD PATRICK v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc

Date published: Dec 22, 1944

Citations

20 So. 2d 255 (Fla. 1944)
20 So. 2d 255

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