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84 Fla. 455

Newman v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 19, 1922

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1922-10-19

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently July 1939

3 state decisions

Relies on Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Geiger · Bailey v. State · Hobbs v. State

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Decided 1922-10-19

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West, J.

¶1The indictment in this case charges the crime of murder. Upon a trial there was a verdict finding'.the *456defendant guilty of manslaughter. He was adjudged guilty and sentenced to be confined in the state prison at hard labor for a term of three years. To review this judgment writ of error was taken from this court.

¶2The assignments of error are two only. The first presents the question of the propriety of the trial court’s order overruling a motion in arrest of judgment; the second the ruling denying defendant’s motion for new trial.' The first assignment is not argued and will be considered abandoned.

¶3The grounds of the motion for new trial are that the verdict is not supported by the evidence or the law and is contrary to the charge of the court.

¶4That the deceased was shot and killed by the defendant as alleged is admitted. With respect to the circumstances attending the homicide there is conflict in the evidence. The proof on behalf of defendant tends to show that he was acting in lawful self-defense. On the other hand, the evidence on behalf of the state taken alone is ample to support a conviction of a higher grade of offense than manslaughter. It is peculiarly a jury question arid has been decided adversely to defendant’s contention, and this conclusion is concurred in by the trial judge. In such a situ-

¶5ation this court will not disturb the verdict. Hobbs v. State, 77 Fla. 228, 81 South. Rep. 444; Martinez v. State, 76 Fla. 159, 79 South. Rep. 751; Bailey v. State, 76 Fla. 213; 79 South. Rep. 730; F. E. C. Ry. Co. v. Geiger, 66 Fla. 582, 64 South. Rep. 238.

¶6No other question is argued in the brief.

¶7The judgment will be affirmed.

¶8Affirmed.

*457Browne, C. J., and Taylor, Whitfield and Ellis, J. J. concur.
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