Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 2, 1989No. 70230PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
538 So.2d 833 (1989)
James Richard BROWN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 70230.
Supreme Court of Florida.
February 2, 1989.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Steven L. Bolotin, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
McDONALD, Justice.
James Richard Brown appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. Because of the trial judge's absence during part of the trial, we reverse the…
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