Legal Opinion

Ramirez v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 16, 1989No. 66992PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

542 So.2d 352 (1989)

Joseph Jerome RAMIREZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 66992.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 16, 1989.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1989.

Michael B. Chavies, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Joseph Jerome Ramirez appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction.[*] We reverse both the conviction and the sentence of death.

The relevant facts are as follows. Early Christmas morning in 1983, the body of a twenty-seven-year-old woman was discovered…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Johnson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Bundy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  4. Delap v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980

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4Cited by42 opinions

  1. Terry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  2. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Mansfield v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  4. Henyard v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  5. Geralds v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996

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