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134 Fla. 456

185 So 422

Duke v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 17, 1938

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1938-06-17

Relies on State ex rel. Hampton v. McClung

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Decided 1938-06-17

How this case has been cited

Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently August 1985 · most notably 476 So. 2d 1262 - Linehan v. State (1985), 361 So. 2d 148 - Coxwell v. State (1978)

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¶1In this cause Mr. Chief Justice ELLIS, Mr. Justice BUFORD and Mr. Justice CHAPMAN are of the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court herein should be affirmed while Mr. Justice WHITFIELD, Mr. Justice TERRELL and Mr. Justice BROWN are of the opinion that the said judgment should be reversed for new trial. When the members of the Supreme Court, sitting six members in a body and after full consultation, it appears that the members of the Court are permanently and equally divided in opinion as to whether the 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 under the authority of State, ex rel. Hampton, v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 So. R. 51, that the judgment of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.

¶2Affirmed.

¶3ELLIS, C.J., and WHITFIELD, TERRELL, BROWN, BUFORD and CHAPMAN, J.J., concur.

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