WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 79-1150.

402 So.2d 493 (1981)

Dorothy Melene WRIGHT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Ellis S. Rubin, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Steven L. Bolotin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ., and VANN, HAROLD R. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

Dorothy Wright was charged with the premeditated first degree murder of Barbara Hall. A jury found her guilty of second degree murder. She appeals from the court's judgment and a life term of imprisonment imposed thereon.

Wright contends, inter alia, that (1) she was entitled to the entry of a judgment of acquittal because (a) her uncontradicted grand jury testimony, relied upon by the State to prove her complicity, establishes...

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