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· 8/2/1989

Benson v. State

Citations

  • 551 So. 2d 188
  • 1989 WL 91883

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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