Bishop v. State

Citations

• 41 Fla. 522
• 26 So. 703

Syllabus

<p>1. An accomplice, jointly indicted with another for the crime of murder, is a competent witness on behalf of the State upon the separate trial of his co-defendant.</p> <p>2. Under Section 1096, Revised Statutes, which provides that persons who may have been convicted in any court in this State of certain designated crimes shall not be competent witnesses, tl^e conviction includes the judgment or sentence of the court. Prior to such sentence the person offered as a witness is competent, even though upon a trial previously had he has been found guilty by the verdict of a jury.</p> <p>3. Evidence examined and found sufficient to support the verdict.</p>