Legal Opinion

Nova v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 13, 1983No. 82-1766PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

439 So.2d 255 (1983)

Louis NOVA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 82-1766.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 13, 1983.

Louis Nova, in pro. per.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Diane Zimmer Leeds, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before DANIEL S. PEARSON, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

In 1982, Nova moved under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and sentence imposed thereon. The essence of his complaint was that he agreed to be tried by a jury composed of six instead of twelve persons in…

2Cases cited66 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Aubrey Dennis Adams, Jr. v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  2. Cooper v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Chateloin v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
  4. Moreland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  5. Alfonso v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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