WHEELER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (35 total)

• State v. Narcisco Rodriguez, 575 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 1991)
  …rge were to become aware of allegations or proof of prior similar convictions. Accord Shargaa v. State, 102 So. 2d 809 (Fla.) (the presumption of innocence is destroyed when jurors learn of previous convictions for unrelated felonies), cert. denied, 358 U.S. 873, 79 S.Ct. 114, 3 L.Ed.2d 104 (1958). Informing jurors of the allegation or proof of prior convictions “would substantially destroy the historical presumption of innocence which clothes every defendant in a criminal case[,] and in the mind of the av…
• State of Fla. ex rel. B. "Babe" Shargaa v. Culver, 113 So. 2d 383 (Fla. 1959)
  …acquaintance with an old patron of our judicial system. Shargaa v. State, Fla.1955, 84 So. 2d 42; Perry v. Beckerman, Fla.1957, 97 So. 2d 860; Shargaa v. State, Fla.1958, 102 So. 2d 814; Shargaa v. State, Fla.1958, 102 So. 2d 809, certiorari denied 358 U.S. 873, 79 S.Ct. 114, 3 L.Ed.2d 104. A reference to our opinion in 102 So. 2d 809 will reveal that the petitioner Shargaa was convicted as a second offender pursuant to Section 775.09, Florida Statutes, F.S. A., which condemns two consecutive convictions…
• State v. Benigo Fernandez, 156 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963)
  …693. However, in view of apparent confusion with respect to these questions, some elaboration would seem appropriate, particularly with respect to the distinction between the instant case and Shargaa v. State, Fla.1958, 102 So. 2d 814, cert. denied 358 U.S. 873, 79 S.Ct. 114, 3 L.Ed.2d 104. In State v. Curtis, supra, we determined that an allegation of previous conviction of a lottery law violation was not merely a permissive but a necessary element of an information seeking conviction under Fla. Stat. §…

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