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Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jul 18, 1936
168 So. 813 (Fla. 1936)

Opinion

Opinion Filed July 18, 1936.

George M. Okell, for Plaintiff in Error;

Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


In this case the plaintiff was convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation to mercy.

The record fails to disclose substantial evidence of a premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed. It, therefore, appears that the ends of justice will be subserved by reversing the judgment and remanding the cause for a new trial. See Courson v. State, 113 Fla. 123, 151 So. 542; Woodward, et al., v. State, 113 Fla. 301, 151 So. 509, and cases there cited.

It is so ordered.

Reversed.

ELLIS, P.J., and TERRELL, J., concur.

WHITFIELD, C.J., and BROWN and DAVIS, J.J., concur in the opinion and judgment.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jul 18, 1936
168 So. 813 (Fla. 1936)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:HARRY WILLIAMS v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jul 18, 1936

Citations

168 So. 813 (Fla. 1936)
168 So. 813