COGGINS v. STATE

No. 57-322.

101 So.2d 400 (1958)

Walter Peter COGGINS, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis S. Rubin, Miami, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and John C. Reed, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HORTON, Judge.

The appellant, a twenty-year-old service man stationed in Miami, Florida, was indicted for first degree murder, tried and convicted. Upon the jury's recommendation of mercy, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal is from the judgment and sentence below.

The facts that led up to the crime are as follows: The appellant became friendly with the decedent and the decedent's wife several weeks prior to the homicide and had,...

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