Legal Opinion
Muhammad v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 17, 1986No. 63343PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
494 So.2d 969 (1986)
Askari Abdullah MUHAMMAD, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 63343.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 17, 1986.
Rehearing Denied October 22, 1986.
Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. General, Miami, for appellee.
2Per curiam
This case is before us for review of a death sentence. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
Muhammad, awaiting execution on death row,[1] fatally stabbed a prison guard in the late afternoon of October…
3Cases cited16 opinions
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- Bottoson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Westbrook v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lusk v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- Massey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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4Cited by54 opinions
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