Legal Opinion
Amazon v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 13, 1989No. 88-3556PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
537 So.2d 170 (1989)
Ira M. AMAZON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-3556.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
January 13, 1989.
2Per curiam
Ira Amazon appeals the summary denial of two motions for postconviction relief. We affirm.
In circuit court case 81-9622, Amazon was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to death. The supreme court later determined that the sentence should be reduced to life in prison. Amazon v. State, 487 So.2d 8 (Fla.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 914, 107 S.Ct. 314, 93 L.Ed.2d 288 (1986). Amazon included six separate grounds for relief…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Amazon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Witt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Styles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Amazon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
4Cited by3 opinions
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- Green v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
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