Legal Opinion
Francis v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 15, 1982No. 60809PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
413 So.2d 1175 (1982)
Bobby Marion FRANCIS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 60809.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 15, 1982.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Theda R. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.
ALDERMAN, Justice.
Bobby Marion Francis appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and his sentence of death. Finding that he was denied due process of law by the selection of the jury outside his presence and that this resulted in prejudicial error, we…
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