Legal Opinion
Reyes v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 11, 1991No. 89-2286PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKDULL, Judge.
The defendants/appellants, Javier Reyes and Jorge Reyes (brothers), appeal their convictions and sentences after a jury trial.
Javier and Jorge, along with Xavier Archie, were charged with first-degree murder, trafficking in cocaine, armed robbery and armed kidnapping. Archie made a deal with the state in which he agreed to plead guilty and testify against the Reyes brothers, who were tried together. Javier and Jorge were found guilty of killing Colombian drug dealer Guillermo Ayerbe in the course of a “drug rip-off.” It is undisputed that neither Javier nor Jorge fired the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Layne v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- State Ex Rel. Libtz v. ColemanSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
- Goodwin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
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