Legal Opinion

Fitzpatrick v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 11, 2003No. SC00-2589PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

859 So.2d 486 (2003)

Paul FITZPATRICK, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. SC00-2589.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 11, 2003.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 2003.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Robert J. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.

2Per curiam

We have on appeal a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow,…

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3Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  5. Smith v. Department of Ins.Supreme Court of Florida · 1987

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4Cited by17 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  2. State v. CarrSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
  3. Garzon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  4. Hannon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  5. Calvin Weatherspoon v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017

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