Magill v. State

386 So.2d 1188 (1980)

Paul Edward MAGILL, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 51699.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 8, 1980.

As Revised On Denial of Rehearing September 8, 1980.

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Michael H. Davidson, Charles A. Stampelos and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death.

The defendant, Magill, seventeen years of age…