Legal Opinion
Knight v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 30, 1976No. 47599PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
338 So.2d 201 (1976)
Thomas KNIGHT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 47599.
Supreme Court of Florida.
September 30, 1976.
William Hutchinson, Jr., Miami, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
2Per curiam
This cause is before us on direct appeal to review the convictions of Thomas Knight on two counts of murder in the first degree and sentence to death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution.
Appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of Lillian and Sydney Gans in that he did kill and murder…
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4Cited by87 opinions
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