Legal Opinion

Lara v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 24, 1985No. 62691PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

464 So.2d 1173 (1985)

Mario LARA, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 62691.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 24, 1985.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1985.

Adam H. Lawrence, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Marti Rothenberg and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

OVERTON, Justice.

The appellant, Mario Lara, was convicted of one count of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder, and one count of involuntary sexual battery. In accordance with the jury's sentence recommendation, the trial judge imposed the death sentence…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Ferrell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  2. Kight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  3. Mungin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009
  5. Shere v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991

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