Legal Opinion

Aldridge v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 9, 1977No. 46958PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

351 So.2d 942 (1977)

Levis Leon ALDRIDGE, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 46958.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 9, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1977.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

2Per curiam

This case is here on direct appeal from the first degree murder conviction of Leon Aldridge and the imposition of a sentence of death. The trial court's sentence was preceded by a death sentence recommendation of a jury. Our jurisdiction to review this…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  3. Alford v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  4. Halliwell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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4Cited by23 opinions

  1. United States v. David Ronald Chandler, A/K/A Ronnie ChandlerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  2. Levis Leon Aldrich v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  3. White v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  4. Hitchcock v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  5. Coulter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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