Brown v. State
| Decision Date | 17 April 1920 |
| Citation | 79 Fla. 523,84 So. 384 |
| Parties | BROWN v. STATE. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Error to Circuit Court, Manatee County; O. K. Reaves, Judge.
Proceeding between the State of Florida and Arra Brown. From the verdict and judgment Brown brings error. Affirmed.
Syllabus by the Court
'Where the only question presented on writ of error from this court is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and it appears from the record that there is sufficient legally competent evidence to support the verdict, and there is nothing to indicate that the jury was influenced by considerations outside the evidence, the judgment will not be reversed.' Held, the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, and there is nothing to indicate that the jury was influenced by considerations outside the evidence.
COUNSEL E. Bradley, of Palmetto, for plaintiff in error.
Van C. Swearingen, Atty. Gen., and D. Stuart Gillis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
The only question presented in this case is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.
No useful purpose would be served to recite any of the evidence, or attempt to analyze it.
There was conflict in the testimony, but this was settled by the jury, and there was substantial competent evidence to support the verdict.
'Where the only question presented on writ of error from this court is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and it appears from the record that there is sufficient legally competent evidence to support the verdict, and there is nothing to indicate that the jury was influenced by considerations outside the evidence, the judgment will not be reversed.' Howard v. State, 83 So. 87.
The judgment is affirmed.
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