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Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Apr 11, 1939
137 Fla. 189 (Fla. 1939)

Opinion

Opinion Filed April 11, 1939.

A writ of error from the Circuit Court for Lee County, W.T. Harrison, Judge.

W.D. Bell, for Plaintiff in Error;

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


This is a companion case to that of Solon Driggers v. State of Florida.

The two defendants were indicted and tried jointly in both cases and each, upon being arraigned, interposed like pleas of autrefois acquit.

Therefore, the judgment is reversed on authority of the opinion and judgment in the Driggers case, supra.

So ordered.

Reversed.

TERRELL, C.J., and BUFORD and THOMAS, J.J., concur.

BROWN, J., concurs in opinion and judgment.

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


Summaries of

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Apr 11, 1939
137 Fla. 189 (Fla. 1939)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:EULRIC LEE WILLIAMS v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Apr 11, 1939

Citations

137 Fla. 189 (Fla. 1939)
188 So. 121

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