Legal Opinion
Tucker v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 5, 1978No. 51621PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
357 So.2d 719 (1978)
George Lee TUCKER, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 51621.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 5, 1978.
Jack T. Edmund, John C. Wilkins, III, and John Robert Howes of Edmund & Wilkins, Bartow, for petitioner.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.
ENGLAND, Justice.
The Second District Court of Appeal has certified to us, as passing on a question of great public interest, its decision upholding petitioner's conviction and sentence for second degree murder in the face of an asserted right to discharge…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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