Hood v. State, 13 So. 2d 463

Lead Opinion

BUFORD, C. J.:

The record in this case presents a question identical with those presented and adjudicated in the case of A. C. Brown v. State, in which opinion is this day filed and on authority of the opinion and judgment in that case the judgment herein is reversed.

So ordered.

BROWN, THOMAS, ADAMS and SEBRING, JJ., concur. CHAPMAN, J., concurs specially. TERRELL, J., dissents.

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Concurrence Opinion

CHAPMAN, J.,

concurring specially:

I agree to a reversal of the judgment because the punishment imposed is cruel and unusual and the penalty prescribed by the Act is in derogation of the provisions of Section 8 of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of Florida.

Case Details

Case Name: Hood v. State

Court Name: Supreme Court of Florida

Date Published: May 4, 1943

Citations: 13 So. 2d 463; 152 Fla. 852; 1943 Fla. LEXIS 1046

Court Abbreviation: Fla.