Legal Opinion

King v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 24, 1987No. 68631PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

514 So.2d 354 (1987)

Amos Lee KING, Jr., Appellant.

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 68631.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 24, 1987.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1987.

Baya Harrison, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Kotler and Robert J. Krauss, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

King appeals his sentence of death imposed on resentencing. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and affirm the sentence.

While he was an inmate at a work-release correctional facility, the state charged King with the first-degree murder…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence.

3Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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4Cited by42 opinions

  1. Holland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. McGuireOhio Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Way v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. King v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  5. Darling v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002

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