Gibson v. State

474 So.2d 1183 (1985)

Robert Larry GIBSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 65030.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 22, 1985.

Phillip S. Davis, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calianne P. Lantz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

Gibson appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and reverse Gibson's conviction.

The police arrested Gibson in June 1976 for breaking into a woman's apartment, hitting her over the head with a blunt instrument, and raping her. She was…