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LIGHTFOOT v. STATE

64 So.2d 261 (1952)

LIGHTFOOT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

On Rehearing April 10, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.B. White and E.S. Corlett, III, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Leonard Pepper, Boone D. Tillett, Jr., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Attys. Gen., George A. Brautigam, State's Atty., and John C. Wynn, Miami, for appellee.

HOBSON, Justice.

This case is before us upon an appeal from a verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court for Dade County finding the appellant, Dotsie Lightfoot, guilty of murder in the second degree and sentence of 20 years confinement at hard labor in the State Prison.

On April 16, 1951, the Dade County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Dotsie Lightfoot with murder in the first degree of one Martha Ellis. Motion to quash the indictment was denied...

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