JOSEPH WATSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
JOSEPH WATSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
85 Fla. 383
Florida Supreme Court (1923)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 4 cases
Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.
The judgment herein of conviction of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to mercy, is reversed on the authority of Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70 South. Rep. 565; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79 South. Rep. 450; Baker v. State, 54 Fla. 12, 44 South. Rep. 719; Smithie v. State, 84 Fla. 498, 94 South. Rep. 156; Richardson v. State, 80 Fla. 634.
Reversed for new trial.
Taylor, C, J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Browne and West, J. J., concur.
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Cited By
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Townsend v. State, 95 Fla. 139 (Fla. 1928)…accused as being the guilty party is not satisfactory, a new trial should be granted. Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70 South. Rep. 565; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 South. Rep. 502; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79 South. Rep. 450; Watson v. State, 85 Fla. 383, 95 South. Rep. 861; Asher v. State, 90 Fla. 75, 105 South. Rep. 140. See also Ming v. State, 89 Fla. 280, 103 South. Rep. 618. In view of the nature of the evidence as to the identity of the person who committed the offense and as to premeditated…
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Townsend v. State, 101 Fla. 620 (Fla. 1931)…of the accused as being the guilty party is not satisfactory, a new trial should be granted. Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70 Sou. Rep. 565; Platt v. State, 65 Fla. 253, 61 Sou. Rep. 502; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79 Sou. Rep. 450; Watson v. State, 85 Fla. 383, 95 Sou. Rep. 861; Asher v. State, 90 Fla. 75, 105 Sou. Rep. 140. See also Ming v. State, 89 Fla. 280, 103 Sou. Rep. 618. In view of the nature of the evidence as to the identity of the person who committed the offense and as to premeditated design…
Authorities Cited
- Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530 (Fla. 1915)
- Reuben Davis and Rachel Smith v. State, 76 Fla. 179 (Fla. 1918)
- Nat Richardson v. State, 80 Fla. 634 (Fla. 1920)
- Baker v. State, 54 Fla. 12 (Fla. 1907)
- Graham v. Graham, 79 So. 450 (Ala. 1918)
- Smithie v. State, 84 Fla. 498 (Fla. 1922)