Legal Opinion
Mason v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 12, 2014No. 4D13-2914PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Leroy Mason, III, appeals the summary denial of his amended Rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. We affirm.
On December 31, 1989, Mason shot and killed the unarmed victim with a sawed-off shotgun after the victim refused to comply with Mason’s demands during an attempted robbery. Mason was indicted for first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. The State sought the death penalty.
In October, 1990, Mason entered a negotiated plea to second-degree murder, a lesser offense of first-degree murder, and received life in prison with a fifteen-year mandatory minimum as a habitual violent…
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