Hoyt v. Florida, 368 U.S. 57 (1961), was an appeal by Gwendolyn Hoyt, who had killed her husband and received a jail sentence for second degree murder.
The landmark decision in Hoyt v. Florida, 368 U.S. 57 (1961), involved an appeal from Gwendolyn Hoyt, who was convicted of murdering her husband and serving a term in jail for second-degree murder.