NELSON v. STATE


97 So.2d 250 (1957)

Bozzle NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Gray, Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THOMAS, Justice.

In an indictment signed by the State Attorney of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, it was charged that the appellant killed one Sarah Jane Campbell by stabbing her with an ice pick and that his act effectuated a premeditated design to dispatch his victim. A jury found the appellant guilty without a recommendation of mercy and the judge sentenced him to death.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict is presented by appellant's...

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