Legal Opinion
Kight v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 9, 1987No. 65749PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
512 So.2d 922 (1987)
Charles KIGHT, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 65749.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 9, 1987.
Rehearing Denied October 14, 1987.
William J. Sheppard, Elizabeth L. White and Courtney Johnson of Sheppard and White, P.A., Jacksonville, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for State.
EHRLICH, Justice.
Charles Kight appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(1), and affirm both the conviction and sentence.
On December 7, 1982, Lawrence…
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