Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 3, 1994No. 79139PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

651 So.2d 1159 (1994)

Kenneth WATSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 79139.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 3, 1994.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1995.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Anita J. Gay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

ON REHEARING GRANTED

2Per curiam

Kenneth Watson appeals his conviction for murder and the ensuing sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

On October 31, 1988, Mrs. Ella Hickman entered her home and found a stranger within. The…

3Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Sochor v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  5. Duest v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985

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4Cited by28 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  2. Overton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  4. State v. EvansSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  5. Lawrence v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002

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