Brown v. State

245 So.2d 68 (1971)

Bill BROWN, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 39074.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 17, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1971.

Thomas M. Ervin, Jr., of Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and J. Christian Meffert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging Defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death.

Defendant, Bill Brown, Jr., and Nathaniel Grimes, were indicted for murder in the first degree. The indictment charged that, from…