Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Wainwright
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 11, 1986No. 68319PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
498 So.2d 938 (1986)
Paul Beasley JOHNSON, Petitioner,
v.
Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent.
No. 68319.
Supreme Court of Florida.
December 11, 1986.
Rehearing Denied January 9, 1987.
Larry Helm Spalding, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. Krauss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.
2Per curiam
Paul Johnson, a Florida prisoner under sentence of death, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, §§ 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. We grant the writ and remand for a new trial.
A jury convicted Johnson of,…
3Cases cited7 opinions
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- Kennedy v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
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4Cited by33 opinions
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