Legal Opinion
Rivers v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 10, 1969No. 37356PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
226 So.2d 337 (1969)
Willie Samuel RIVERS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 37356.
Supreme Court of Florida.
September 10, 1969.
Rehearing Denied October 27, 1969.
R.A. Green, Jr., Public Defender, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
BOYD, Justice.
Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree in the death of Carol Persons. He was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy and sentenced to death.
The body of a young woman was recovered from a shallow grave in the Southeast section…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tomlinson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
- Myrick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
3Cited by15 opinions
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