ALDAY v. STATE


57 So.2d 333 (1952)

ALDAY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

March 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey & Leath, Panama City, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and William A. O'Bryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation. The death penalty was imposed, hence this appeal. The death was the product of a fracas which arose from these facts: Mose Hill, a deputy sheriff of Bay County, was advised that appellant and Kizzie Pelt, his housekeeper, were drunk at his home in Port Saint Joe. Hill proceeded to appellant's home without a warrant and undertook to arrest Kizzie Pelt. An altercation...

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