Mitchell v. State

Citations

• 45 Fla. 76

Syllabus

<p>1. A conviction for murder may he had upon the voluntary extrajudicial confession of the accused-that he committed th® same,.where-the corpus delicti is proved by other credible evidence, and,the jury believe that such confession was made by the accused, and that it is .true. Brown v. State, 44 Fla. -, 32 South. Rep. 107, approved and followed. '</p> <p>2. It was perfectly competent and proper for the trial judge, in passing upon a motion for a new trial, to order’the clerk to correct the'minutes 'so as to make them speak the truth by showing that -the accused was personally present in the .court room when, the motion and order.. for the special venire were made, especially s,o when said judge knew said fact' to be true of his own ‘personal knowledge, arid so 'states.</p> <p>3. The action of the trial judge in so amending his minutes as to' have them speak the truth Is binding- and conclusive.</p> <p>i. Evidence examined, and fo.und sufficient to support -the verdict.</p>