Warren v. State

This cause is before us on direct appeal from the judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court, Pinellas County, imposing the death penalty for rape based on a jury verdict of guilty without recommendation of mercy. Appellant raises five points on appeal. One of these is a general challenge to the evidence which is without merit; another is the challenge of the *9death sentence as now legislated, and on this the United States Supreme Court has just ruled favorably to appellant in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), and companion cases.

We proceed, however, to a…