Legal Opinion

Derrick v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 21, 1991No. 73076PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

581 So.2d 31 (1991)

Samuel Jason DERRICK, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 73076.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 21, 1991.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1991.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Robert F. Moeller, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Samuel Jason Derrick appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death for the murder of Rama Sharma. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution.

On June 25,…

3Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  2. Milton Margoles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  4. Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  5. Fulton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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4Cited by16 opinions

  1. Teffeteller v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. Singleton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. Tanzi v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  5. Marshall v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992

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