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.
Hoyt v. Florida, 368 U.S. 57 (1961), was a case filed by Gwendolyn Hoyt, who had been found guilty of killing her spouse and received a prison sentence for manslaughter.