Achin v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
436 So.2d 30 (1982)
Stephen C. ACHIN, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 59840.
Supreme Court of Florida.
January 21, 1982.
Rehearing Denied August 30, 1983.
Ray Sandstrom of Sandstrom & Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.
OVERTON, Justice.
This is a petition to review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, reported at 387 So.2d 375. The issue concerns whether a defendant may be convicted of a nonexistent lesser included offense, where defense counsel requested that the jury…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Price v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Adams v. MurphySupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Adams v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Achin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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