Legal Opinion

Ruffin v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 29, 1982No. 62631PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

420 So.2d 591 (1982)

Mack RUFFIN, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 62631.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 29, 1982.

David Rubman, Bartow, and Asa D. Sokolow, Renee J. Roberts, Edward S. Kornreich and Elizabeth Shollenberger, New York City, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Mack C. Ruffin appeals an order of the trial court denying his motions to vacate his judgment and sentence of death, for the appointment of an investigator and a psychiatrist, and for stay of execution. We affirm the thorough, well-reasoned…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Johnson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Meeks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980

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4Cited by26 opinions

  1. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. State v. GilliesArizona Supreme Court · 1983
  3. DuBoise v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  4. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  5. Whalen v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985

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