Legal Opinion

Jefferson v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 24, 1961No. 30815PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

128 So.2d 132 (1961)

Robert Lee JEFFERSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 30815.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 24, 1961.

Marvin A. Urquhart, Jr., Panama City, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Joe L. McClung, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HOBSON, Justice.

This case is before the court on a direct appeal from a judgment of guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death imposed by the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Bay County, Florida. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murder in the first degree.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1960
  2. People v. LyttonNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  3. Frazier v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  4. Holland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
  5. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1928

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  3. Bryan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  4. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  5. Perez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988

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