Legal Opinion

Trotter v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 19, 1996No. 82142PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

690 So.2d 1234 (1996)

Melvin TROTTER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 82142.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 19, 1996.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1997.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and Robert J. Landry and Candace M. Sabella, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.

2Per curiam

We have on appeal a trial court order imposing the death penalty upon Melvin Trotter following resentencing. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We…

Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  5. Trotter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990

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4Cited by16 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Zack v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Lukehart v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. Mills v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  5. Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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