Legal Opinion

Buford v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 5, 1986No. 66329PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

492 So.2d 355 (1986)

Robert Lewis BUFORD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 66329.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 5, 1986.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1986.

David E. Weisberg of Weisberg & Berns, New York City, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

ADKINS Justice.

Robert Lewis Buford was convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery upon a child under eleven years of age. The jury recommended that two sentences of life imprisonment be imposed. The court imposed two sentences of death. This Court vacated the death sentence…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Spaziano v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Buford v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  5. Wilson v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1985

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  3. Haliburton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  4. Mungin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  5. Turner v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1992

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