Legal Opinion
Downs v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 18, 1991No. 73877PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
574 So.2d 1095 (1991)
Bobby Lee DOWNS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 73877.
Supreme Court of Florida.
January 18, 1991.
Nancy Daniels, Public Defender and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
2Per curiam
Bobby Lee Downs appeals his sentence of death and related criminal conviction. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the conviction but reverse the trial judge's override of the jury recommendation of a life sentence.
Downs…
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