Legal Opinion

Lucas v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 3, 1986No. 67094PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

490 So.2d 943 (1986)

Harold Gene LUCAS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 67094.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 3, 1986.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Lucas appeals the reimposition of a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We remand for a new sentencing proceeding before a jury.

In 1977 a jury convicted Lucas of first-degree murder. The trial judge agreed with the jury's…

3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Elledge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  2. Riley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
  3. Menendez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  4. Lucas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  5. Songer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978

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4Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hitchcock v. DuggerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Lucas v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  3. Larry Eugene Mann v. Richard L. Dugger, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  4. Aubrey Dennis Adams, Jr. v. Louie Wainwright, Jim SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  5. Lucas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990

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