Legal Opinion

Fowler v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 8, 1971No. 40302PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

255 So.2d 513 (1971)

Jerry Dwayne FOWLER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 40302.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 8, 1971.

Alex D. Finch, Clearwater, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

2Per curiam

This is a direct appeal from a verdict and judgment convicting appellant Jerry Dwayne Fowler of the crime of murder in the first degree [Fla. Stat. § 782.04(1), F.S.A.] without a recommendation of mercy by the jury. Jurisdiction over the appeal attached under Fla. Const. Article V, § 4(2), F.S.A.

Initially, we are concerned with the…

3Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Perkins v. MayoSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  3. Brock v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
  4. Horace v. CulverSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  5. United States v. Paul Curtis WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962

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4Cited by83 opinions

  1. Livingston v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  2. Hunter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  3. Bernard J. Dougherty v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2014
  4. Lane v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  5. State v. TaitSupreme Court of Florida · 1980

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