Clinton v. State

Citations

• 58 Fla. 23

Syllabus

<p>1. Private counsel who gives aid in tbe prosecution of a case as tbe solicitor may permit or require are not “assistant solicitors” “within tbe contemplation of General Statutes §3880.</p> <p>2. Hostilities between tbe families of tbe person whose dwelling is burned and those accused of tbe arson are admissible as tending to show motive.</p> <p>3. If an accused voluntarily becomes a witness, bis general reputation for truth and veracity may be impeached.</p> <p>4. Where a State’s witness testifies in chief only to reputation for truth and veracity, tbe defense cannot complain of evidence as to general bad character elicited only in the cross-examination.</p> <p>5. Evidence impeaching a witness will not be stricken because its probative force has been weakened on cross-examination.</p> <p>6. The evidence justified the verdict.</p>