Supreme Court of Florida, 1941

Moye v. State

Moye v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided July 8, 1941 · Brown, Whitfield, Terrell, Buford, Adams
3 So. 2d 403; 147 Fla. 699; 1941 Fla. LEXIS 1347 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Moye v. State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

J. D. Moye, Mattie Moye and Melvin Jenkins were indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. J. D. Moye was convicted of manslaughter and asks review on writ of error. Mattie Moye and Melvin Jenkins were acquitted.

*700 The only challenge to the judgment is based on the question of the sufficiency of the evidence.

The record discloses that the evidence was amply sufficient to support a verdict and judgment of conviction of a higher degree of unlawful homicide than manslaughter against all the defendants. Why the two were acquitted is not apparent from the record but that such miscarriage of justice occurred is no reason why the appellant who inflicted the fatal w’ounds should not be punished.

On the whole record no reversible error is made to appear.

The judgment is affirmed.

So ordered.

Brown, C. J., Whitfield, Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur. Adams, J., disqualified.

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