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HOOPER v. STATE

No. 59-90.

115 So.2d 769 (1959)

Jackson Holloway HOOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

November 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Jones, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

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

PEARSON, Judge.

Jackson Hooper, a former police officer in the City of Miami, Florida, was informed against for the crime of arson in the first degree. From a judgment of conviction and sentence Hooper appeals and assigns as error the admission into evidence of two confessions allegedly given under threat of prosecution for another crime and in hope of promised reward. The judgment and sentence are reversed for a new trial.

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