Legal Opinion

Lucas v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 14, 1979No. 51135PublishedCited by 95 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

376 So.2d 1149 (1979)

Harold Gene LUCAS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 51135.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 14, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1979.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender; and David S. Bergdoll and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defenders, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death following recommendation of the jury. Under authority of article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, we affirm the conviction but reverse and remand…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  4. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1968

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4Cited by95 opinions

  1. Sochor v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Charles William Proffitt v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  4. State v. OliverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  5. State v. OliverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981

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