BECKHAM v. STATE

No. 67-204.

209 So.2d 687 (1968)

William C. BECKHAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

May 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loyd C. Mosley, Clearwater, and William Lamar Rose, Fort Myers, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William D. Roth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


LILES, Chief Judge.

The defendant was charged with second degree murder. He was tried before a jury and found guilty of manslaughter. Pursuant to this verdict defendant was adjudged guilty and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Defendant has taken an appeal from this judgment.

At trial, a colloquy was in process between respective counsel and the trial judge concerning the alleged murder weapon, a shotgun. During this colloquy the court stated:

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