Legal Opinion
Downs v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 20, 1990No. 73988PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
572 So.2d 895 (1990)
Ernest Charles DOWNS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 73988.
Supreme Court of Florida.
September 20, 1990.
Rehearing Denied January 3, 1991.
Barbara M. Linthicum, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran, Director, Crim. Appeal, Tallahassee, for appellee.
BARKETT, Justice.
In 1977, Ernest Charles Downs was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to death. This Court affirmed. Downs v. State, 386 So.2d 788…
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