Legal Opinion

Jent v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 3, 1981No. 58744PublishedCited by 171 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

408 So.2d 1024 (1981)

William Riley JENT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 58744.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 3, 1981.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1982.

Leonard J. Holton, Dade City, and Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

William Jent appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and affirm both his conviction and sentence.

On July 13, 1979 four…

3Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  3. Tibbs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  5. Chandler v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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4Cited by171 opinions

  1. State v. LordWashington Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Maxwell v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  3. Ford v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Lusk v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  5. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999

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