Legal Opinion

Hitchcock v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 17, 1983No. 63667PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

432 So.2d 42 (1983)

James E. HITCHCOCK, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 63667.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 17, 1983.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender; Craig S. Barnard, Chief Asst. Public Defender; and Richard H. Burr, III and Richard B. Greene, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Hitchcock appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate judgment and sentence and applies to this Court for a stay of execution.

In 1977 a jury convicted Hitchcock of first-degree…

Also in this document: Concurrence · McDONALD; Concurrence · Overton.

3Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Hopper v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  5. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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4Cited by36 opinions

  1. Hitchcock v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  2. Armstrong v. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  3. James v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  4. Thompson v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  5. James Ernest Hitchcock v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985

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