Legal Opinion
Booker v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 19, 1981No. 55568PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
397 So.2d 910 (1981)
Stephen Todd BOOKER, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 55568.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 19, 1981.
Rehearing Denied June 2, 1981.
Stephen N. Bernstein, Asst. Public Defender, Gainesville, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles A. Stampelos, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
ADKINS, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment adjudicating defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and an order imposing a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1972).
Defendant was also adjudged guilty of sexual battery and…
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