Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 30, 1978No. 47472PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

362 So.2d 1334 (1978)

Leslie JONES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 47472.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 30, 1978.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1978.

Henry Clay Mitchell, Jr., Pensacola, for appellant.

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

2Per curiam

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree for which the jury recommended and the trial judge imposed a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), of the Florida Constitution. We reverse the conviction and the sentence.

On December 2,…

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3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

4Cited by15 opinions

  1. Lane v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  2. State of Iowa v. Wonetah EinfeldtSupreme Court of Iowa · 2018
  3. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  4. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984

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