Vaillancourt v. State

288 So.2d 216 (1974)

Paul Arthur VAILLANCOURT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 42370.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 9, 1974.

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., and E. Earl Taylor, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

The appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. We modified this sentence to life imprisonment and retained jurisdiction for consideration of the points raised on appeal in Anderson v. State, 267 So.2d 8 (Fla. 1972). After…