Legal Opinion
Washington v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 5, 2012No. 1D11-2314PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSwanson, J.
On March 4, 2010, Tyree Rashaad Washington, at the age of sixteen, was involved in the shooting death of Chris Pitcock. The plan was to scare Pitcock with a gun and to rob him, but the robbery plan went awry and Pitcock was killed. A jury found Washington guilty of first-degree felony murder while engaged in the commission of an attempted armed robbery, and of attempted armed robbery in the course of which Washington’s accomplice, Timothy Chavers, carried the firearm. For the count of felony murder, the trial court adjudicated Washington guilty and sentenced him to a term of natural life. For…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
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3Cited by31 opinions
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