PATSY EARNESTINE WRIGHT, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1968-03-05
No. J-98
WIGGINTON, C. J., and RAWLS and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.
207 So. 2d 486 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1968) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This cause having been orally argued before the court, the briefs and record on appeal having been read and given full consideration, and appellant having failed to demonstrate reversible error, the judgment of the lower court hereby appealed is affirmed.

WIGGINTON, C. J., and RAWLS and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.


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