Legal Opinion

Baker v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 20, 1967No. 35536, 35537PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

202 So.2d 563 (1967)

Bernard R. BAKER, and Charles O. Dalton, Jr., Appellants,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Nos. 35536, 35537.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 20, 1967.

Michael O'Haire and G. Kendall Sharp, Vero Beach, for appellants.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

O'CONNELL, Justice.

The defendants, Bernard R. Baker and Charles O. Dalton, Jr., were tried by jury and found guilty of the felony murder of Francis A. MacKenzie. The jury did not recommend mercy for either defendant, and both were sentenced to death.

On Christmas night, 1965, Dalton…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Belton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  2. State v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  3. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  4. People v. ReddockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2012

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