FRAZIER v. STATE


107 So.2d 16 (1958)

John FRAZIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira J. Carter, Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Odis M. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

John Frazier appeals from a judgment and sentence of death for the murder of Lacie Pearman. Defendant is a negro, as was the deceased.

Lacie Pearman lived some distance from the rural home of defendant and Annie Lee Frazier, who lived with him as his wife. The sister of Annie Lee Frazier, Willie Mae Perry, lived adjacent to the Fraziers. Willie Mae and Lacie were cousins.

On a Saturday afternoon Lacie, the Fraziers and Willie Mae...

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