Burnette v. State

157 So.2d 65 (1963)

LEMUEL DEAN BURNETTE, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

No. 32024.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 20, 1963.

As Amended on Rehearing November 6, 1963.

Smoak & Ruff, D. Frank Smoak, Jr., and John Ruff, Punta Gorda, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and James G. Mahorner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

DREW, Chief Justice.

Lemuel Dean Burnette was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by electrocution. The sole question presented on this appeal from such judgment and sentence is the propriety of the following events which transpired…