Legal Opinion

McDonald v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 1, 1999No. 87,059PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

743 So.2d 501 (1999)

Merle S. McDONALD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 87,059.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 1, 1999.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1999.

Richard N. Watts, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Candance M. Sabella, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee.

2Per curiam

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty upon Merle S. McDonald. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For reasons which follow, we affirm McDonald's conviction and sentence of death.

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3Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. Steinhorst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  3. Urbin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  4. Bertolotti v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  5. Chandler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997

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4Cited by67 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. England v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  3. Bradley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  4. Doorbal v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  5. Card v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001

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