Legal Opinion

Douglas v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 20, 1979No. 57329PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

373 So.2d 895 (1979)

Howard Virgil Lee DOUGLAS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 57329.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 20, 1979.

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender and Larry Helm Spalding, Asst. Public Defender, Sarasota and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Richard W. Prospect and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

2Per curiam

We have for consideration an expedited appeal from a proceeding for post-conviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, and a request to stay appellant's scheduled…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Elledge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  5. Douglas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976

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4Cited by26 opinions

  1. Heiney v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  3. Douglas v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Engle v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  5. Cochran v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989

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