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15 Fla. Supp. 163

State v. Howell

Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County · decided 1959-12-14

Relies on 79 Okla. Crim. 151 - Smith v. State · Russell v. State · McCormick v. State

Decided 1959-12-14

ROBERT L. FLOYD, Circuit Judge.

¶1After reading the record on appeal, the briefs of respective counsel, and oral argument, this court is of the opinion that the information should have been quashed and the appellant discharged.

¶2Assault and battery is not a lesser offense under an information charging aggravated assault. See Hall v. State, Okla. 1957, 309 P. 2d 1096, overruling a long line of decisions in Oklahoma to the contrary, including Smith v. State, 152 P. 2d 279, relied on by appellee.

¶3The language relied upon by appellee used by our Supreme Court in McCormick v. State, 16 So. 2d 49, is dicta, and did not determine the point involved herein.

¶4The case of Russell v. State, Ala. 1935, 165 So. 255, relied upon by appellee, is not analogous.

¶5It is ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the cause remanded with instructions to quash the information.

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