RANKIN v. STATE

No. 31597.

143 So.2d 193 (1962)

James RANKIN, John R. Vile, Andrew King and Jose R. Zuniga, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Pierce, Starke, for appellant James Rankin.

Miller Lang, Trenton, for appellant John R. Vile.

William C. Andrews, Gainesville, for appellant Andrew King.

Ira J. Carter, Jr., Gainesville, for appellant Jose R. Zuniga.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bruce R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THOMAS, Justice.

The appellants were convicted of committing murder in the first degree by strangling one Calvin A. Cook to death with a cloth rope, and from the eventual judgment of guilt and sentence to death in the electric chair they have appealed to this court.

The death of Calvin A. Cook occurred 28 March 1960 in a steel cell, approximately 8 x 10 feet in dimension, known as the "cage" and located in the "flat top", a disciplinary section of the State...

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