Supreme Court of Florida, 1934

Spero v. State

Spero v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided July 10, 1934 · Whitfield, Buford, Davis, Terrell
156 So. 25; 115 Fla. 771; 1934 Fla. LEXIS 1681 (Southern Reporter)

Spero v. State

Concurring Opinion

Davis, C. J.

(concurring in conclusion).—When this case was here before on writ of error taken in habeas corpus proceeding had prior to indictment of Spero (See Spero v. State, 111 Fla. 794, 149 Sou. Rep. 663), we held in effect *772 that the evidence was not so conclusive against Spero as to warrant denial of bail, as- for a capital crime. I think a preponderance of the evidence in the present case is against first-degree murder but that the evidence as a whole may be regarded as sufficient to sustain the verdict of second-degree murder which was returned.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Plaintiff in error was indicted charged with the offense of murder in the first degree. He was convicted of murder in the second degree. The evidence as' disclosed by the record was ample to have sustained a verdict and judgment of murder in the first degree.

We find no reversible error disclosed by the record. The judgment should be affirmed. It is so ordered.

Affirmed.

Whitfield and Buford, J. J., concur. Davis, C. J., and Terrell, J., concur in the conclusion.

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