Legal Opinion

Boatwright v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 17, 1973No. 42214PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

272 So.2d 137 (1973)

Kenneth L. BOATWRIGHT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 42214.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 17, 1973.

Robert W. Pope, of Pope, La Barbera & Sabella, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MELVIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of murder and a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Fla. Const., art. V, § 4, F.S.A. Pursuant to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Ronald Maurice Stump v. John Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  3. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  5. Falgout v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bolin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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