Legal Opinion

Welty v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 2, 1981No. 55497PublishedCited by 96 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

402 So.2d 1159 (1981)

William Glenn WELTY, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 55497.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 2, 1981.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1981.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ALDERMAN, Justice.

William Glenn Welty was convicted of first-degree murder. After a jury recommendation of life imprisonment, the trial court imposed the death sentence. We find no reversible error in his conviction, but we reduce his…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Adkins; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Boyd.

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978

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3Cited by96 opinions

  1. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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  3. Bernard Bolender, A/K/A Bernard Bolander v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  4. Hardwick v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  5. Lusk v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984

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