BLAKE v. STATE

No. 32124.

156 So.2d 511 (1963)

Emmett Clarke BLAKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Fred Turner, Lynn Haven, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and A.G. Spicola, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


TERRELL, Justice.

Appellant, Emmett Clarke Blake, was indicted by the grand jury in Bay County for murder in the first degree, to which he entered a plea of not guilty. The court appointed counsel to represent him and the cause came on for trial September 4, 1962. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree without recommendation to mercy. The court imposed the extreme penalty and this appeal was prosecuted.

Appellant relies on three points to...

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