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MELTON v. STATE

41 So.2d 450 (1949)

MELTON v. STATE (two cases).

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.

July 15, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. Farrington, Cecil T. Farrington, Fort Landerdale, and Riley & Dressler, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General and George M. Powell, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CHAPMAN, Justice.

The grand jury of Broward County, Florida, in two separate indictments, charged the appellant, John Clarence Melton, with the crimes of murder in the first degree for the unlawful killing of (a) Herbert Melton and (b) W.A. Roberts. According to the record, the appellant shot and killed the two men about dark on the night of December 24, 1946, in front of a plumber's shop in the Town of Hollywood. The two indictments were consolidated for trial by...

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