Tilghman v. State

Apr 17, 1953
Reporters:
,
Before:
Buford
BUFORD, Justice.

This is the second appearance of this cause before this Court. See Tilghman v. ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍State, Fla., 51 So.2d 785, wherein conviction and judgment were affirmed. That judgment of affirmance set at rest all questions presented on that appeal. Such questions may not be subsequently’ ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍presented to the trial court without application granted by the Supreme .Court to so present same. See Kinsey v. State, 155 Fla. 159, 19 So.2d 706; Skipper v. Schumacker, 118 Fla. 867, 160 ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍So. 357.

If any error was made by the lower court in resentencing the appellant on his presentation of the petition for relief (absent the affirmative action of the Supreme ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍Court) and in reducing the original sentence by five years, the result was favorable to ánd not against the appellant and, therefore, - he may not be heard to ‍​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍complain. Excessive sentence does not vitiate judgment.

Affirmed.

ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS and DREW, JJ., concur.