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Sheffield v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
May 14, 1930
128 So. 839 (Fla. 1930)

Opinion

Opinion filed May 14, 1930. Petition for rehearing denied June 18, 1930.

A Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Volusia County; M. G. Rowe, Judge.

Jones Green, for Plaintiff in Error;

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


In this cause Mr. Chief Justice TERRELL, Mr. Justice ELLIS and Mr. Justice BROWN are of the opinion that the judgment of the circuit court should be affirmed, while Mr. Justice WHITFIELD, Mr. Justice STRUM and Mr. Justice BUFORD are of the opinion that the said judgment should be reversed. When it appears that the members of the Court are permanently and equally divided in opinion as to whether a judgment should be affirmed or reversed, and there is no prospect of an immediate change in the personnel of the Court, the judgment should be affirmed. Therefore, it is considered, ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the circuit court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed on the authority of State ex rel. Hampton v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 So. R. 51.

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


Summaries of

Sheffield v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
May 14, 1930
128 So. 839 (Fla. 1930)
Case details for

Sheffield v. State

Case Details

Full title:MAMIE SHEFFIELD, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Defendant in…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc

Date published: May 14, 1930

Citations

128 So. 839 (Fla. 1930)
128 So. 839