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SIMS v. STATE

No. 6012.

184 So.2d 217 (1966)

Bertha Mae SIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack F. White, Jr., and Robert E. Pyle, Asst. Public Defenders, Clearwater, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert G. Stokes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.

SHANNON, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by a defendant from a conviction of second degree murder entered upon a jury verdict. We summarize the four points raised on appeal as follows: 1) Did the court err in excusing, on its own motion, seven prospective jurors in a first degree murder trial on the basis of their conscientious beliefs regarding the death penalty? 2) Did the court err by engaging in rather extensive questioning of one of the State's witnesses...

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