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Stokes v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 16, 1981No. 55054PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

403 So.2d 377 (1981)

Durham Eldon STOKES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 55054.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 16, 1981.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1981.

John F. Johnson, Jr., Bushnell, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

2Per curiam

At the jury trial of Durham Eldon Stokes, overwhelming evidence was adduced to show that he participated fully, with other members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang, in the brutal and senseless, beating murders of two members of a rival motorcycle gang. For his role, Stokes was convicted of two first…

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

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  2. Halliwell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  3. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Coleman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971

4Cited by12 opinions

  1. Stokes v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  2. Cannady v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  3. Eutzy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  4. Shere v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  5. Walsh v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982

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