Clift v. State

The petition for writ of certiorari in this case was granted on "a material question of first impression" basis to review a decision and judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

The issue as we conceive it to be is whether a conviction for murder in the second degree of one robbery victim and a twenty-five year sentence precludes a consecutive sentence of ten years upon a subsequent conviction for the robbery of another victim arising out of an occurrence closely related in time and occurring at the same place.

The Court of Criminal Appeals, 352 So.2d 836, states the issue in the following…