STATE v. HILL


76 So.2d 155 (1954)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Elizabeth Heard HILL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division A.

November 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Moie J.L. Tendrich, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, E.M. Baynes and Sam D. Phillips, Jr., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MATHEWS, Justice.

The appellee was indicted for murder in the first degree of her husband, John Henry Hill, by a Grand Jury in Broward County. She was tried on pleas of "not guilty" and "not guilty by reason of insanity". The Jury returned its verdict of guilty of first degree murder with a recommendation of mercy.

In due course, the appellee filed a motion for new trial and the same having been argued and submitted to him, the trial Judge made and entered...

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