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Martin v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Oct 6, 1938
183 So. 634 (Fla. 1938)

Opinion

Opinion Filed October 6, 1938

A writ of error to the Circuit Court for Gulf County, Ira A. Hutchison, Judge.

H.V. McClellan, for Plaintiffs in Error;

George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, and Tyrus A. Norwood, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


The only question presented by plaintiffs in error challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

To say who is and who is not speaking the truth when there is conflict between the statements of witnesses is a question for the jury to determine and as to which the Court (either trial or appellate) may not substitute its view for that of the jury.

Three persons testified positively that they each saw the defendants set fire to the property at the time and place it was alleged to have been burned by the defendants. So there is disclosed by the record ample evidence to support the judgment.

The entire record discloses no reversible error; so the judgment is affirmed.

So ordered.

Affirmed.

ELLIS, C.J., and TERRELL and BUFORD, J.J., concur.

WHITFIELD, P.J., and BROWN and CHAPMAN, J.J., concur in the opinion and judgment.


Summaries of

Martin v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Oct 6, 1938
183 So. 634 (Fla. 1938)
Case details for

Martin v. State

Case Details

Full title:C.V. MARTIN AND BILL MARTIN v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Oct 6, 1938

Citations

183 So. 634 (Fla. 1938)
183 So. 634

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