76 Fla. 179
Decided August 5, 1918
Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1918-08-05
<p>Writ of error to Circuit Court for Seminole County; J. W. Perkins, Judge. ,</p>
Relies on Nims v. State · Platt v. State
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Reversed for a new trial · Decided 1918-08-05
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently January 1946
21 state decisions
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¶1Plaintiffs in error were convicted of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to the mercy of the court and under the statute sentenced to life imprisonment. Sections 3205, 3994, Gen. Stats. 1906, Compiled Laws, 1914.
¶2The evidence of the identity of the plaintiffs in error as being the guilty parties is such that it is considered just and right that a new trial should be granted. Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 South. Rep. 502; Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70 South. Rep. 565.