Grace v. State
Grace v. State
Opinion of the Court
Jerry Thomas Grace was adjudged guilty of the crime of first degree murder by the Circuit Court of Walton County, Florida, and he has perfected his appeal from the judgment and sentence imposed.
The victim was a man named Ray Aris. Jerry Thomas Grace admitted that he killed Aris by shooting him with a gun. The defendant contended that such act was done in self-defense and there was ample evidence presented by the State upon which the jury could have found and by their verdict did find that the killing was an unlawful killing and that the same was not done in self-defense. The trial court approved the findings of fact made by the
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