Case Name: J. D. Moye v. State of Florida
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1941-07-08
Citations: 147 Fla. 699
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. D. Moye v. State of Florida
Judges: Brown, C. J., Whitfield, Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
J. D. Moye v. State of Florida
3 So. (2nd) 403
Special Division A
Opinion Filed July 8, 1941
Errol S. Wittes and Parker & Parker, for Plaintiff in Error.
J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, and Fred M. Burns, Assistant Attorney General, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
J. D. Moye, Mattie Moye and Melvin Jenkins were indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. J. D. Moye was convicted of manslaughter and asks review on writ of error. Mattie Moye and Melvin Jenkins were acquitted.
The only challenge to the judgment is based on the question of the sufficiency of the evidence.
The record discloses that the evidence was amply sufficient to support a verdict and judgment of conviction of a higher degree of unlawful homicide than manslaughter against all the defendants. Why the two were acquitted is not apparent from the record but that such miscarriage of justice occurred is no reason why the appellant who inflicted the fatal w'ounds should not be punished.
On the whole record no reversible error is made to appear.
The judgment is affirmed.
So ordered.
Brown, C. J., Whitfield, Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.
Adams, J., disqualified.