Case Name: LEE HOLMES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1944-05-05
Citations: 154 Fla. 409
Docket Number: 
Parties: LEE HOLMES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Judges: BROWN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 409–410

Head Matter:
LEE HOLMES v. STATE OF FLORIDA
17 So. (2nd) 789
January Term, 1944
May 5, 1944
Division B
George A. Gibbs, for appellant.
J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, John C. Wynn, Assistant Attorney General, and Bourke Floyd, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
BUFORD, C. J.:
Appellant, being indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree, pleaded not guilty and was convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy.
The only question presented for our determination is whether or not the evidence was sufficient to sustain the judgment.
The evidence was to some extent conflicting and it was, therefore, the duty of the jury to reconcile the conflicts, if possible, and if this could not be done then to determine who was and who was not speaking the truth and to return a verdict upon the evidence which is believed to be true.
There was ample substantial evidence to support the verdict and judgment.
Judgment affirmed.
So ordered.
BROWN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.