Chancey v. State

Citations

• 68 Fla. 93
• 66 So. 430

Syllabus

<p>1. Under the laws of this State a judgment should not be reversed or a new trial granted in any case, civil or criminal, for errors of procedure, unless it shall appear from an examination of the entire cause, that the error has injuriously affected the substantial rights of the complaining party; and a judgment will not be reversed in appellate proceeding on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, where there is substantial legal evidence to sustain the verdict, and it does not appear that the jury were not governed by the evidence in making their finding.</p> <p>2. The court may permit a child witness to testify preliminarily and then direct the jury to disregard the testimony admitted, no substantial rights of the defendant being thereby injuriously affected.</p> <p>3. A refusal of the trial court to permit the jury to view the locus in quo will not be reviewed where no abuse of discretion is shown.</p> <p>4. Circumstantial evidence may sustain a conviction of manslaughter.</p>