Ryals v. State
Ryals v. State
Opinion of the Court
—Ryals was charged with murder and convicted of manslaughter. On writ of error it is contended that the court erred in excluding evidence of threats made by the deceased against the accused that were not communicated to the accused before the homicide ; and that a new trial should have been granted on the showing of newly discovered evidence.
The defendant’s own testimony indicates that he was awaiting the appearance of the deceased and “when he stepped out of the gate and told me to stop and called me a---I raised my gun and fired, and when I fired he fired.” There was no such doubt as to who was the aggressor as to make the exclusion of uncommunicated
The judgment is affirmed.
All concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Horace Ryals, in Error v. The State of Florida, in Error
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- 1 case
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- Syllabus
- 1. Where there is no real doubt as to who was the aggressor in a homicide, the exclusion of uucommunicated threats made by the deceased may not be harmful, if error. 2. Where asserted newly discovered evidence is not such as ought to produce on another trial an opposite result on the merits, it is not error to deny a new trial on that ground.