PARRISH v. STATE

No. A-7.

97 So.2d 356 (1957)

Prentiss T. PARRISH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton L. Welch, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., for appellee.


TAYLOR, Associate Judge.

The appellant, Prentiss T. Parrish, was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree, tried by a jury and found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced accordingly. He has appealed.

The first question requiring consideration is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury. It is not the function of an appellate court to re-try the case or to substitute its judgment for that of the jury. But...

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