Legal Opinion
Torres v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 1, 1989No. 87-708PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
541 So.2d 1224 (1989)
Antonio TORRES, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-708.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
February 1, 1989.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert Mack, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
THREADGILL, Judge.
Appellant, a white defendant who was represented by black counsel at trial, challenges his convictions for first-degree murder and armed robbery. He contends that the state systematically excluded black jurors,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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