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Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A
Mar 22, 1940
142 Fla. 468 (Fla. 1940)

Opinion

Opinion Filed March 22, 1940 Rehearing Denied April 12, 1940

A Writ of Error from the Circuit Court for Alachua County, H.L. Sebring, Judge.

Douglas Schad, Zach H. Douglas, and Ira J. Carter, Jr., for Plaintiff in Error;

George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, Thomas J. Ellis and William Fisher, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for Defendant in Error.


On writ of error we review judgment of conviction of the crime of manslaughter under an indictment charging murder in the first degree.

The judgment is challenged on the ground of alleged insufficiency of the evidence.

The evidence was conflicting and the conflicts were matters within the province of the jury to settle. The jury found against the accused and the trial court declined to set aside the verdict.

It is not made to appear that reversible error was committed. See Sanford v. State, 90 Fla. 337, 106 So. 406; Seay v. State, 139 Fla. 291, 190 So. 702, and Jarvis v. State, 115 Fla. 320 and 329, 156 So. 310.

The judgment is affirmed.

So ordered.

Affirmed.

TERRELL, C. J., BUFORD and THOMAS, J. J., concur.

WHITFIELD, J., concurs in opinion and judgment.

Justices BROWN and CHAPMAN not participating as authorized by Section 4687, Compiled General Laws of 1927, and Rule 21-A of the Rules of this Court.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A
Mar 22, 1940
142 Fla. 468 (Fla. 1940)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:WOODY SMITH v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. Division A

Date published: Mar 22, 1940

Citations

142 Fla. 468 (Fla. 1940)
194 So. 873

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