Purkhiser v. State

210 So.2d 448 (1968)

James PURKHISER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 35589.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 24, 1968.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1968.

Max P. Engel & Jack J. Taffer, Miami, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

DREW, Judge.

The appeal in this case is from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of first degree murder without recommendation of mercy, and sentence of death imposed thereon in the Circuit Court for St. Lucie County.

Alleged procedural errors and constitutional…