Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 11, 1982No. 56134PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

412 So.2d 850 (1982)

Aubrey Dennis ADAMS, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 56134.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 11, 1982.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1982.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Michael M. Corin, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and sentence of death.

The victim, eight years of age, left school on January 23, 1978, at about 2:30 P.M. Her body was found on March 15,…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  5. Elledge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977

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3Cited by84 opinions

  1. Pulley v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Dugger v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Sochor v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. William Duane Elledge v. Richard L. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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