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Supreme Court of Florida, 1828

Bunkley v. State

Bunkley v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided March 1, 1828 · Ellis, Whitfield, Terrell, Brown, Strum, Buford
116 So. 78; 95 Fla. 391 (Southern Reporter)

Bunkley v. State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Upon an indictment charging murder in the first degree, the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to mercy. Un *392 der the statute a sentence to life imprisonment was imposed.

On writ of error it is considered that the evidence is insufficient to show the premeditated design to effect death that is essential to a conviction of murder in the first degree, therefore, the judgment is erroneous. See Smither v. State, 84 Fla. 498, 94 So. Rep. 156.

Ellis, C. J., and Whitfield, Terrell and Brown, J. J., concur. Strum, J., absent on account of illness. Buford, J., dissents.

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