Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 16, 1976No. 45450PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

341 So.2d 765 (1976)

James ADAMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 45450.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 16, 1976.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1977.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Kenneth J. Scherer, Chief Asst. Public Defender, and Lois J. Frankel and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Michael M. Corin and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

2Per curiam

This cause is before us on direct appeal from a first degree murder conviction and sentence of death imposed by the trial judge. The jury recommended the death…

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3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1922
  4. State v. TerrySupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  5. Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1969

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4Cited by67 opinions

  1. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. James Adams v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Heiney v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  4. Beasley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  5. State v. EnmundSupreme Court of Florida · 1985

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