ELIJAH BAKER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Fla. | 1932-12-17
Whitfield, P.J., and Terrell and Davis, J.J., concur., Buford, C.J. and Ellis and Brown, J.J., concur in the opinion and judgment.
107 Fla. 429 Florida Supreme Court (1932)
Also reported at: 144 So. 877

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Synopsis

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a second-degree murder conviction, finding sufficient evidence and no reversible error despite conflicting testimony.


Holding

The court held that there was ample predicate for the verdict and no reversible error was shown, thus affirming the conviction.


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“Plaintiff in Error was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree and was convicted of murder in the second degree.”

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The plaintiff in error was indicted for first-degree murder and subsequently convicted of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to twenty years in pr…

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Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

Plaintiff in Error was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree and was convicted of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to twenty years in the State penitentiary and seeks relief from that judgment on writ of error.

Many errors are assigned, all being predicated on the admission of evidence, the giving or refusal of charges, improper comment of the Court and Counsel in the presence of the jury and the sufficiency of the evidence, as a whole, to support the verdict.

We have examined the record in the light of these assignments and while the testimony is in hopeless conflict, there is ample predicate fou the verdict and reversible error is not otherwise shown.

The judgment of the trial Court is accordingly affirmed.

Affirmed.

*430Whitfield, P.J., and Terrell and Davis, J.J., concur.

Buford, C.J. and Ellis and Brown, J.J., concur in the opinion and judgment.


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