Young v. State

(specially concurring).

The appellants were convicted by a lawfully convened jury of the offense of murder. Their victim was Eugene Arnold Richardson, a storekeeper in the City of Jacksonville.

Their crime was committed long ago on June 9, 1960, during an attempt to hold up a small neighborhood store operated by the deceased and his wife. Upon returning its guilty verdict, the jury withheld its recommendation of mercy. Accordingly, appellants were sentenced to be put to death by electrocution. On April 4, 1962, the conviction of appellants was affirmed by our Supreme Court on direct appeal (140…