Legal Opinion

State v. Mejia

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 30, 1991No. 90-2050PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

579 So.2d 766 (1991)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

Emiliano MEJIA, Appellee.

No. 90-2050.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 30, 1991.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Julie S. Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.

FERGUSON, Judge.

Police and rescue units arrived on the scene of a gruesome throat-slashing murder and attempted suicide involving former lovers. Mejia, the perpetrator and survivor of the incident, was arrested and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. George M. Khoury, Howard Kluver, David W. West, Louis H. ChippasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  4. Lightbourne v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  5. United States v. Lynette Burnette, United States of America v. Theresa Burnette, United States of America v. Michael Curtis BurnetteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. CaicedoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  2. Brim v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Gillis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  4. L.C. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  5. Sharff, Wittmer & Kurtz, PA v. MessanaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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