Buckrem v. State

355 So.2d 111 (1978)

Franz Peter BUCKREM, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 48029.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 26, 1978.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1978.

Gale K. Greene, Sarasota, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to death.

On a Saturday evening, Summers, Caylor, and several other people were having a "get together" at Caylor's apartment. Debbie Townsend, the murder victim, had…