Legal Opinion

Trotter v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 20, 1979No. II-344PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MASON (Circuit Judge, Retired), Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments of conviction and sentences of life imprisonment to run consecutively upon jury verdicts of guilty of the crimes of murder in the first degree and armed robbery.

Appellant has raised several points on appeal.

Under Point I appellant contends that he was denied due process of law in that his defense of insanity raised in the trial was unconstitutionally limited by the application below of a bifurcated trial system. We do not agree and affirm.

Confusion resulted in this case because at the time the trial was held the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Boyd v. GreenSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  2. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  3. Gilford v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Houston v. FLA. PAROLE & PROBATION COMM.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

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