Ashford v. State

274 So.2d 517 (1973)

Willie ASHFORD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 41316.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 21, 1973.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1973.

W. Daniel Kearney, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an adjudication of guilt of rape and the imposition of the death penalty. Fla. Const., art. V, § 4, F.S.A. Pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), and the…