Supreme Court of Florida· 1/15/1906

Morgan v. State

Citations

51 Fla. 76

Syllabus

<p>1. A date upon which the alleged crime was committed must be alleged in the indictm ent with definiteness and certainty whether such specific date be proved at the trial or not.</p> <p>2. Charging that the offense was committed “on or about” a certain day is indefinite and uncertain and is fatal upon motion in arrest of judgment.</p>

Judges: Changed, Cockrell, Hocker, Parkhill, Rule, Shackleford, Taylor, That, Whitfield

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14 cases in this archive cite this case.

Thompson v. United States
Third Circuit· 1922-09-28· cited 39×
In Re Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure
Supreme Court of Florida· 1967-03-01· cited 32×
Sparks v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-02-07· cited 23×
Hunter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-01-25· cited 18×
In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.
Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-09-24· cited 17×
Crusoe v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-02-23· cited 17×
Wheeler v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-02-12· cited 10×
Straughter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1922-05-31· cited 8×
Selman v. State
Alaska Supreme Court· 1966-02-25· cited 7×
State v. Chapman
District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1970-10-27· cited 6×
United States v. Reisley
D. New Jersey· 1940-04-13· cited 6×
Dowling v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1929-09-28· cited 4×
State v. Papernak
South Dakota Supreme Court· 1921-03-21· cited 3×
Baxter v. Stack
District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-12-12

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

State v. Williams
Washington Supreme Court· 1895-12-30· cited 32×
People v. Littlefield
California Supreme Court· 1855-07-01· cited 30×
State v. Elliot
Texas Supreme Court· 1871-07-01· cited 16×
Dickson v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1884-06-15· cited 11×
Whatley v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1903-06-15· cited 11×
Commonwealth v. Maloney
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1873-09-15· cited 10×
Alexander v. State
Supreme Court of Florida· 1898-01-15· cited 8×
F. J. Dubos & Co. v. Hoover, Jones & Bowen
Supreme Court of Florida· 1889-06-15· cited 6×

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