Legal Opinion

Wasko v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 5, 1987No. 65547PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

505 So.2d 1314 (1987)

Edward Robert WASKO, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 65547.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 5, 1987.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1987.

Barry A. Weinstein, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Julie S. Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Edward Wasko appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and affirm his conviction. Because we find that the trial court improperly overrode the jury's recommendation of life…

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3Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  5. Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975

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4Cited by61 opinions

  1. Holton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  2. Francis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. Windom v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. James v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  5. Larry Eugene Mann v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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