Legal Opinion

Amazon v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 13, 1986No. 64117PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

487 So.2d 8 (1986)

Ira Martin AMAZON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 64117.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 13, 1986.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1986.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Capital Appeals, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and James H. Dysart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

We review Ira Amazon's convictions and sentences to death for the murders of a mother and daughter. Jurisdiction is mandatory pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. We affirm the…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Concurrence.

3Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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4Cited by76 opinions

  1. People v. HedgecockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. San Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  3. DuBoise v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  4. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  5. Mahn v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998

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