Legal Opinion

Patten v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 10, 1985No. 61,945PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

467 So.2d 975 (1985)

Robert PATTEN, Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

No. 61,945.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 10, 1985.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1985.

William L. Richey, of Richie & Munroe, Coral Gables; and Peter M. Siegel and Randall C. Berg, Jr., Miami, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calianne P. Lantz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee/cross-appellant.

OVERTON, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from Robert Patten's conviction of first-degree murder and the imposition of the death sentence. Appellant was also convicted of…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. Rose v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. LeCroy v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  3. Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  4. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  5. Derrick v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994

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