Legal Opinion

Echols v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 19, 1985No. 64246PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

484 So.2d 568 (1985)

Robert ECHOLS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 64246.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 19, 1985.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1986.

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

SHAW, Justice.

Appellant Echols was convicted of one count each of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm and armed burglary with an assault. The jury recommended life imprisonment on the first-degree murder conviction but the…

2Cases cited45 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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  3. United States v. JanisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Spaziano v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by57 opinions

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