Legal Opinion

Holmes v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 26, 1979No. 48392PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

374 So.2d 944 (1979)

Monroe HOLMES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 48392.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 26, 1979.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1979.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, George R. Georgieff and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death.

Defendant Holmes was arrested April 5, 1974, for…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. Alvord v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Tichnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
  2. Muhammad v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. Hudson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  5. Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2006

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