Legal Opinion

Riley v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 26, 1978No. 49666PublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

366 So.2d 19 (1978)

Wardell RILEY, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 49666.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 26, 1978.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1979.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Paul Morris, Asst. Public Defender, Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Appellant was tried by jury and convicted on two counts of first degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit first degree murder. An advisory sentence of death was recommended by the jury and imposed by the trial judge as to one…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  3. Provence v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Elledge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  5. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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4Cited by157 opinions

  1. Barclay v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. StanleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Steinhorst v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  5. State v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1993

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