Burns v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida January 26, 1928

Burns v. State of Florida, 116 So. 88 (Fla. 1928)

95 Fla. 84

Ellis, Whitfield, Terrell, Brown, Strum

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The information upon which the plaintiff in error in this case was convicted, ran in the name of, and was signed, filed and sworn to by an assistant county solicitor, and the judgment of the court below must therefore be reversed upon the authority of Segars v. State, decided at the June Term, 1927, and Sawyer v. State, 113 So. 736.

Reversed.

Ellis, C. J., and Whitfield and Terrell, J., concur. Brown, J., dissenting. Strum, J., absent because of illness.

Reference

Full Case Name: George Burns, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of Florida, Defendant in Error
Status: Published