Legal Opinion

Pentecost v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 29, 1989No. 71851PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

545 So.2d 861 (1989)

David Duane PENTECOST, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 71851.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 29, 1989.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and John M. Koenig, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

2Per curiam

David Pentecost appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. We affirm Pentecost's conviction but vacate his death sentence and direct the trial court to…

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3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Bottoson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  3. Lusk v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  5. DuBoise v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988

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4Cited by63 opinions

  1. Porter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Trotter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Barnhill v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  4. Kearse v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  5. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991

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