Legal Opinion

Kilpatrick v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 18, 1979No. 51894PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

376 So.2d 386 (1979)

George KILPATRICK, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 51894.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 18, 1979.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1979.

Thomas Presnell, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Appellant George Kilpatrick was convicted of the first degree murder of Lela Mae Coxwell. The jury recommended and the trial judge imposed the death sentence. We have jurisdiction.[1]

This case evolves from the same incident reported in Coxwell v. State,…

Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.

3Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  2. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  3. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Cumbie v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  5. Ramirez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970

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4Cited by36 opinions

  1. State v. SchoppSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  2. Binger v. King Pest ControlSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  3. Scipio v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  5. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990

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