Stone v. State

Citations

• 57 Fla. 28

Syllabus

<p>1. An abuse of discretion in refusing a continuance is not shown when the absent witness is wanted merely for an impeachment for which the predicate had not been laid.</p> <p>2. On a trial for murder in the first degree the court may give the statutory definition of murder in the second degree though the evidence may not make out strictly a case of that degree.</p> <p>3. There being credible evidence of murder in the first degree, a verdict of murder in the second degree will not he disturbed.</p>