Legal Opinion
Abshire v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 30, 1994No. 81326PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
642 So.2d 542 (1994)
Michael Gene ABSHIRE, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81326.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 30, 1994.
Rehearing Denied September 21, 1994.
David S. Morgan, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
SHAW, Justice.
Abshire appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We reverse the conviction and vacate the sentence of death.
In June of 1991, Michael G. Abshire, Christopher Marquard, and Stacey Ann Willetts…
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