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Redmon, et al., v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B
Mar 5, 1940
142 Fla. 206 (Fla. 1940)

Opinion

Opinion Filed March 5, 1940

A Writ of Error from the Circuit Court for Walton County, A.G. Campbell, Judge.

S.M. Preacher, for Plaintiffs in Error;

George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, and Thomas J. Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, for Defendant in Error.


The evidence taken as an entirety does not attain that degree of probative force that is essential to sustain a conviction of a felony with a sentence to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for periods of two years and of eighteen months respectively for the defendant below.

Reversed for a new trial.

WHITFIELD, P. J., and BROWN and CHAPMAN, J. J., concur.

TERRELL, C. J., concurs in opinion and judgment.

Justices BUFORD and THOMAS not participating as authorized by Section 4687, Compiled General Laws of 1927, and Rule 21-A of the Rules of this Court.


Summaries of

Redmon, et al., v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B
Mar 5, 1940
142 Fla. 206 (Fla. 1940)
Case details for

Redmon, et al., v. State

Case Details

Full title:D. H. REDMON and MARGARET HOLT v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. Division B

Date published: Mar 5, 1940

Citations

142 Fla. 206 (Fla. 1940)
194 So. 483

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