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Funchess v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 2, 1981No. 47828PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

399 So.2d 356 (1981)

David Livingston FUNCHESS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 47828.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 2, 1981.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1981.

Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

2Per curiam

David Livingston Funchess was tried and convicted of two counts of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death in trial court proceedings affirmed by this Court.[1] Following a subsequent United States Supreme Court decision in Gardner…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Songer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  3. Funchess v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Funchess v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979

4Cited by8 opinions

  1. Joseph R. Spaziano v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Thomas L. Barton, Superintendent, Florida State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. David Livingston Funchess v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Dept. Of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Booker v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Songer v. WainwrightDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1983
  5. Dougan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981

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