Dixon v. State

Citations

• 13 Fla. 631

Syllabus

<p>1. The plea of the prisoner in a capital case must precede the swearing _ef the jury.</p> <p>2. When there is sufficient in the record to show the presence of the prisoner in Court during the proceedings, the omission to read the indictment to the prisoner, and to demand of the prisoner whether he is guilty or not guilty of the charge, is waived by his pleading to the indictment.</p> <p>3. The prisoner having entered the plea of not guilty, concluding to the country, the addition of the similiter by the’ State is not essential to the regularity of the conviction, and its omission does not authorize an arrest of the judgment.</p>