Legal Opinion
Downs v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 22, 1980No. 53524PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
386 So.2d 788 (1980)
Ernest Charles DOWNS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 53524.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 22, 1980.
Rehearing Denied September 12, 1980.
Richard Lovett Brown, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
2Per curiam
Ernest Charles Downs was convicted of the murder in the first degree of Forrest Jerry Harris, Jr. The jury recommended that the death penalty be imposed, and, after weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the trial court imposed a sentence of death. Downs' conviction and sentence…
3Cases cited11 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- John A. Spinkellink, 1 v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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4Cited by24 opinions
- State v. JamisonOhio Supreme Court · 1990
- Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
- Maggard v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Routly v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
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