Norton v. State

709 So.2d 87 (1997)

Johnnie Lewis NORTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 88803.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 24, 1997.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1998.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert F. Moeller, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Carol M. Dittmar, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty upon Johnnie Norton. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. While we find that there…