Legal Opinion

Anderson v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 12, 1970No. 38778PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

241 So.2d 390 (1970)

Alvin Eugene ANDERSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 38778.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 12, 1970.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1970.

Robert T. Jameson, Jr., Ocala, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Rodney Durrance, Jr. and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of rape and a sentence of death.

On the night of December 24, 1968, the victim was proceeding from Ocala to Gainesville when an automobile behind her began blinking its headlights. Thinking this…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Davis v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. WoleryOhio Supreme Court · 1976
  2. State v. VanceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  4. Delap v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  5. Jacobs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981

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