Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 30, 1982No. 56419PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

420 So.2d 595 (1982)

Leon SCOTT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 56419.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 30, 1982.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Warren S. Schwartz, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree for which the jury recommended and the trial judge imposed a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. While this case was pending before this…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Lane v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1980
  5. State v. TaitSupreme Court of Florida · 1980

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Tingle v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  2. Nowitzke v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  4. Robertson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  5. Caraballo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2010

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