Legal Opinion

Escobar v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 10, 1997No. 77735PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

699 So.2d 984 (1997)

Dennis Javier ESCOBAR, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 77735.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 10, 1997.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1997.

John H. Lipinski, Law Offices of John H. Lipinski, Miami, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Fariba N. Komeily, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Appellee.

2Per curiam

Dennis Escobar appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We find reversible error in the trial court's granting of the State's motion for rejoinder of codefendants.…

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3Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Traylor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  4. Tillman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  5. Franqui v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997

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4Cited by9 opinions

  1. Ramirez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. State v. GlatzmayerSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. Almeida v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  4. Nelson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  5. State v. PittsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006

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