Witt v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
387 So.2d 922 (1980)
Johnny Paul WITT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 58329.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 24, 1980.
Rehearing Denied October 13, 1980.
Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm and James R. Wulchak, Asst. Public Defenders, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
2Per curiam
In 1974, Johnny Paul Witt was tried and convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of Jonathan Kushner. The trial judge accepted the jury's recommendation that Witt be sentenced to death and, on appeal to this Court, the trial…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
3Cases cited46 opinions
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- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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