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Blitch v. Buchanan

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 12, 1930PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Statement

J. W. Buchanan

was convicted of murder in the first degree with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of J. P. Brandt. Buchanan v. State, 95 Fla. 301, 116 So. R. 275. He was afterwards convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to capital punishment by electrocution for the murder of W. C. Mobray in the same engagement in which Brandt was killed. Buchanan v. State, 97 Fla. 1059, 122 So. R. 704. A warrant was issued by the Governor for the execution of the death sentence by the superintendent of the State…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Holloway v. SheatsSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
  2. State ex rel. Clyatt v. HockerSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
  3. People ex rel. Morgan v. HayneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  4. King v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1901
  5. Dade County v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2014
  2. Dade County v. McCraryDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
  3. Jarvis v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
  4. Buchanan v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
  5. Buchanan v. BlitchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932

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