Brown v. State

439 So.2d 872 (1983)

Joseph Green BROWN, Appellant/Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee/Respondent.

Nos. 64348, 64357.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 12, 1983.

Richard Blumenthal of Cummings and Lockwood, Stamford, Connecticut, for appellant/petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Theda James Davis and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee/respondent.

Joseph Green Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1974. We affirmed his conviction and sentence. Brown v. State, 381 So.2d 690 (Fla. 1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1118, 101 S.Ct. 931, 66…