Johnson v. State

HALL, W. TROY, Jr., Circuit Judge:

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court in and for Pinellas County adjudging the defendant Cleveland Lee Johnson guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death. His appeal, pursuant to Florida Constitution Article V, Section 4(2), F.S.A., raises three *362points of alleged error at the Trial Court level. The alleged errors are:

1. Whether the trial judge erred in reversing his ruling regarding a mistrial.

2. Whether evidence (a gun, the death weapon) was obtained as a result of an illegal search and seizure.

3. Whether the court…