Case Name: Joseph Watson, Plaintiff in Error v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1923-04-09
Citations: 85 Fla. 383
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Watson, Plaintiff in Error v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Taylor, C, J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Browne and West, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 383–383

Head Matter:
Joseph Watson, Plaintiff in Error v. The State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Decision Filed April 9, 1923.
Raymond B. Bullock, for Plaintiff in Error;
Rivers Buford, Attorney General, and J. B. Gaines, Assistant, for the State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment herein of conviction of murder in the first degree with a recommendation to mercy, is reversed on the authority of Nims v. State, 70 Fla. 530, 70 South. Rep. 565; Davis v. State, 76 Fla. 179, 79 South. Rep. 450; Baker v. State, 54 Fla. 12, 44 South. Rep. 719; Smithie v. State, 84 Fla. 498, 94 South. Rep. 156; Richardson v. State, 80 Fla. 634.
Reversed for new trial.
Taylor, C, J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Browne and West, J. J., concur.