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LEACH v. STATE

No. 30952.

132 So.2d 329 (1961)

William Earl LEACH and Joe Smith, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Y. Maines, Lake Butler, for William Earl Leach and Lex Green, Starke, for Joe Smith, appellants.

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

THORNAL, Justice.

A jury rendered a verdict of guilt of first degree murder without a mercy recommendation against appellants, Leach and Smith, who are now seeking reversal of a judgment of conviction and sentence to death.

We discuss hereafter the numerous alleged errors assigned to support a reversal.

This is another "flat top" murder. See Butler v. Culver, Fla. 1959, 111 So.2d 35.

On July 16, 1959, appellant...

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