Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 26, 1981No. 49345PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
396 So.2d 1113 (1981)
Eligaah Ardalle JACOBS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 49345.
Supreme Court of Florida.
February 26, 1981.
Rehearing Denied May 4, 1981.
Lester Bales, Jr., Zephyrhills, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
ADKINS, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from judgments adjudging defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and sentences of death, resulting from a two count indictment. Our jurisdiction vests under Article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution (1972).
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