Legal Opinion

Smithers v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 16, 2002No. SC96690PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

826 So.2d 916 (2002)

Samuel L. SMITHERS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. SC96690.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 16, 2002.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 2002.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Candance M. Sabella, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.

2Per curiam

We have on appeal a judgment of two convictions of first-degree murder and the sentences of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons…

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3Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  4. Spencer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  5. Connor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001

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4Cited by62 opinions

  1. Salazar v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  2. Lynch v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  3. McWatters v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
  4. Chamberlain v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  5. Aguirre-Jarquin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009

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