Legal Opinion

Mason v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 12, 1986No. 67101PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

489 So.2d 734 (1986)

Oscar MASON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 67101.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 12, 1986.

Luis Prats of Blasingame, Forizs & Smiljanich, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

Oscar Mason, who is under a sentence of death, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We previously granted Mason's motion for a stay of execution in order to afford this Court an opportunity to adequately…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  4. Bishop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by71 opinions

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