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Douberly v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 1, 1951
58 So. 2d 876 (Fla. 1951)
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In Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573 (3), supra, where the accused was indicted, tried and convicted for the offense of murder, the judge gave a charge identically like the one here complained about and it was excepted to on the ground that it "was calculated to mislead and did mislead the jury into believing that a person fourteen years of age was to be considered of sound mind as a matter of law."

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Opinion

June Term 1951.

Dismissed without opinion.

Summaries of

Douberly v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jun 1, 1951
58 So. 2d 876 (Fla. 1951)

In Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573 (3), supra, where the accused was indicted, tried and convicted for the offense of murder, the judge gave a charge identically like the one here complained about and it was excepted to on the ground that it "was calculated to mislead and did mislead the jury into believing that a person fourteen years of age was to be considered of sound mind as a matter of law."

Summary of this case from Fennell v. State

In Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573, 574 (192 S.E. 223), the Georgia Supreme Court held that evidence "that the [defendant] had been arrested without a warrant, held in prison without being taken before a magistrate for several days... before he was alleged to have made said confession," considered with other evidence, did not make the confession involuntary.

Summary of this case from Blake v. State

In Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573 (192 S.E. 223), where a motion for change of venue of a trial for murder was presented, the evidence of the defendant consisted of publications in the local newspapers, opinions and sayings of the officers in relation to the crime, and opinions of witnesses as to the impossibility to obtain an impartial jury.

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Douberly v. State

Case Details

Full title:DOUBERLY v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jun 1, 1951

Citations

58 So. 2d 876 (Fla. 1951)

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