PACETTI v. STATE

No. 3321.

157 So.2d 445 (1963)

FRANCES J. PACETTI, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal S. Ives, of Ives & Davis, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee; Leonard R. Mellon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.


SMITH, Chief Judge.

The appellant appeals from her conviction of the crime of murder in the second degree after trial by jury. Although there are numerous assignments of error, the sole point argued is that the circumstantial evidence is legally insufficient to support the conviction.

On September 30, 1961, Samuel Homer Shelton was found dead in his home. The victim's body was found nude, lying face down on a bed. Death was caused by a .22 calibre bullet wound...

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