Legal Opinion
Wilkins v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 28, 1963No. 32097PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
155 So.2d 129 (1963)
Dan WILKINS and Tommy Lee Williams, Appellants,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 32097.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 28, 1963.
J. Worth Owen of Williams, Owen & Owen, Tallahassee, for appellants.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty., Gen., and A.G. Spicola, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
THOMAS, Justice.
The appellants were charged with committing murder in the first degree by bludgeoning to death 84-year old Henry Goodman. They were found guilty without recommendation of mercy and sentenced to death.
It was well established that the appellants went to the home of their eventual victim…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leach v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1961
- Baugus v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
- Mardorff v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
- Dyken v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
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- Phillips v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
- Hawkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
- Dillen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
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