Supreme Court of Florida, 1947

Pitts v. State

Pitts v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided December 5, 1947 · Buford, Thomas, Adams, Barns
32 So. 2d 753; 159 Fla. 771; 1947 Fla. LEXIS 957 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Pitts v. State

Opinion of the Court

*772 BUFORD, J.:

Appellant, defendant in the court below, being informed against for the crime of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree, on conflicting evidence was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree, and adjudged guilty of that offense. From the judgment he perfected appeal here.

There is in the record sufficient evidence, which if believed . by the jury, to warrant the verdict and judgment. The jury so found and the trial court concurred by denying motion for new trial.

Judgment should be affirmed on authority of McNish v. State, 47 Fla. 69, 36 So. 176 and cases there cited; also Rhodes v. State, 104 Fla. 520, 140 So. 309; Raker v. State, 84 Fla. 277, 94 So. 613; Fortner v. State, 119 Fla. 150, 161 So. 94; Herndon v. State, 73 Fla. 451, 74 So. 511; Barrentine v. State, 72 Fla. 1, 72 So. 280 Tucker v. State, 100 Flo. 1440 131 So. 327.

It is so ordered.

Affirmed.

THOMAS, C. J., ADAMS and BARNS, JJ., concur.

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