Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 22, 1970No. 37186PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

234 So.2d 341 (1970)

Roy Lee YOUNG, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 37186.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 22, 1970.

Jack J. Taffer and Jerome Weisberg, Miami, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

DREW, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. His appeal is properly before this Court under Article V, Section 4(2), Florida Constitution, F.S.A., permitting appeals directly from trial court judgments imposing the death penalty.

It is our considered opinion that appellant's conviction…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Straight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Floyd v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. Welty v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  5. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986

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