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Burns v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
Feb 19, 1929
120 So. 360 (Fla. 1929)

Opinion

Decision filed February 19, 1929.

A Writ of Error to the Criminal Court of Record for Dade County; Tom Norfleet, Judge.

Price, Price, Kehoe Kassewitz, for Plaintiff in Error;

Fred H. Davis, Attorney General, and Roy Campbell, Assistant, for the State.


In this case we find no reversible error revealed by the record to have occurred during the progress of the trial of the cause, but the record discloses that there was no adjudication of defendant's guilt. Therefore, there was no judgment of conviction upon which to base a sentence of imprisonment or otherwise. Aside from this, we deem the language used in imposing the sentence inadequate. See Harris v. State, 75 Fla. 527, 78 So. R. 526; Timmons v. State, filed January 18, 1929, reported 119 So. R. 363; Mathis et al., v. State 67 Fla. 277, 64 So. R. 944.

Reversed and remanded for a proper judgment.

TERRELL, C. J., AND WHITEIELD AND BUFORD, J. J., AND LONG, Circuit Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Burns v. State

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc
Feb 19, 1929
120 So. 360 (Fla. 1929)
Case details for

Burns v. State

Case Details

Full title:GEORGE BURNS, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Defendant in Error

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc

Date published: Feb 19, 1929

Citations

120 So. 360 (Fla. 1929)
120 So. 360

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