BROCK v. STATE


69 So.2d 344 (1954)

BROCK v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

January 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.A. Avriett, Jasper, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bart L. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SEBRING, Justice.

The defendant below has appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Columbia County finding him guilty of murder in the first degree. There is no controversy about the circumstances under which the deceased, Tommy Joe Brock, the 5-year old son of the defendant, met his death, or the fact that the defendant killed the child by grasping him by the legs and dashing his head against a tree.

The record shows that after a violent quarrel...

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