Legal Opinion
Alford v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 29, 1975No. 44647PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 So.2d 433 (1975)
Learie Leo ALFORD, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 44647.
Supreme Court of Florida.
January 29, 1975.
Rehearing Denied February 19, 1975.
David Roth, of Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson & McKeown, and Joel T. Daves III, of Burdick & Daves, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
ADKINS, Chief Justice.
Again we consider the constitutionality of the Florida murder statute, Fla. Stat. § 782.04 and § 921.141, F.S.A., which we upheld in State v. Dixon, 283 So.2d 1 (Fla. 1973). Jurisdiction to hear this…
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