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Ellis v. StateEllis v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Feb 23, 1922
Reporters:
,
Before:
West
West, J.

This is a companion case to Ward v. State. The two cases ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‍grew out of the same transaction. The alleged false’ swearing of the two defendants forming the basis of the “charge of perjury occurred in the same ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‍proceeding and is in substance the same. By agreement the two cases were tried at the same time by the same jury. The evidence against ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‍the two defendants is in practical effect the same. The verdicts and judgments are identical. Transcript‘s of the record filed in this court are duplicates ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‍except as to details not affecting the issues presented.

The judgment is affirmed upomthe authority of Ward v. State, an opinion in which casé is this day ‍‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‍filed.

*323Affirmed.

Browne, C. J., and Taylor and Whitfield, J. J., concur. Ellis, J., not participating.

Case Details

Case Name: Ellis v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Florida
Date Published: Feb 23, 1922
Citations: 91 So. 192; 83 Fla. 322
Court Abbreviation: Fla.
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