Case Name: Irene Leverne JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee; Willie Charles HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1963-12-06
Citations: 158 So. 2d 133
Docket Number: Nos. 31808, 31856
Parties: Irene Leverne JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Willie Charles HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: TERRELL, Acting C. J., and THOMAS, ROBERTS, THORNAL, O’CONNELL and SEBRING (Ret.), JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 158
Pages: 133–134

Head Matter:
Irene Leverne JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Willie Charles HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 31808, 31856.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Dec. 6, 1963.
Lester Bales, Jr., Zephyrhills, for Irene Jackson.
Charlie Luckie, Jr., Dade City, for Willie Charles Hill.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Bruce R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Having concluded from a careful examination of the record in these appeals from judgments of guilt of murder in the first degree and sentences of death that the trial court clearly abused its discretion in deny ing the motion of these defendants for severance and that the interests of justice require that these defendants be retried for the crime for which they have been indicted, it is,
Ordered that the judgment and sentence against Willie Charles Hill and Irene Leverne Jackson be vacated and set aside and that this cause be remanded for a new trial with directions that each defendant be tried separately
TERRELL, Acting C. J., and THOMAS, ROBERTS, THORNAL, O'CONNELL and SEBRING (Ret.), JJ., concur.