Bonner v. State

Citations

• 67 Fla. 492
• 65 So. 663

Syllabus

<p>1. In a prosecution for murder, evidence tending to show motive is admissible for that purpose.</p> <p>2. In a prosecution for murder, when the evidence is circumstantial, there being no eye-witnesses to the homicide, the proof of motive for committing the crime is relevant and sometimes important and very potential.</p> <p>3. In a prosecution for murder, testimony tending to show the personal feeling between the accused and the deceased and to disclose a motive for the crime is admissible.</p> <p>4. A fact that is pertinent and relevant to the issue, and that tends to establish the commission of the crime charged, is not rendered inadmissible in evidence because it may have a tendency collaterally to prejudice the defendant with the jury.</p> <p>5. Evidence examined and found sufficient to support the verdict.</p>