· 8/2/1989
Benson v. State
Citations
- 551 So. 2d 188
- 1989 WL 91883
How courts have described this case
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- Factual dispute over element of fear necessary in robbery and identification of assailant was properly resolved by jury.
- in habitual offender portion of indictment, failure to give dates of prior convictions did not make indictment fatally defective when other information in indictment afforded defendant access to dates
- prospective juror said that he had read in the newspaper that the defendant was a habitual offender
- prospective juror said that he had read in the newspaper that the defendant was a habitual offender
- where dates of prior convictions provided in indictment, failure to also state them in habitual offender section of indictment did not render indictment fatally defective
- prospective juror said that he had read in the newspaper that the defendant was a habitual offender
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Judges: Roy Noble Lee, C.J., and Prather and Sullivan
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