Porter v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
400 So.2d 5 (1981)
Raleigh PORTER, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 55841.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 4, 1981.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
2Per curiam
Having been convicted of first-degree murder for the slaying of Harry G. Walrath and Margaret Ann Walrath, Raleigh Porter was sentenced to death. This Court has jurisdiction.[*] We affirm the convictions but reverse the sentence because of procedural error.
The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the…
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3Cases cited6 opinions
- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Tedder v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
- Shriner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
- Reed v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- State v. WarrenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
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4Cited by22 opinions
- Raleigh Porter v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Bundy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- Raleigh Porter v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Johnston v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Consalvo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
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