Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 24, 2009No. SC07-2008PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Per curiam
Michael James Jackson seeks review of the judgments of conviction and sentences of death entered for the first-degree murders of Carol and James Sumner along with his concurrent sentences for two counts of robbery and two counts of kidnapping. Pursuant to our mandatory jurisdiction to review final judgments entered in capital proceedings, we affirm Jackson’s convictions and sentences. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In July of 2005, Jackson and codefen-dants Tiffany Ann Cole, Bruce Kent Nixon, Jr., and Alan Lyndell Wade robbed, kidnapped, and murdered James and…
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