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Paulk v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Feb 28, 1973
273 So. 2d 384 (Fla. 1973)

Opinion

No. 42378.

February 28, 1973.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Hillsborough County; James S. Moody, Judge.

W. Daniel Kearney, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy. Subsequently under authority of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346, the Supreme Court of Florida in Anderson v. State, 267 So.2d 8 (Fla. 1972) reduced appellant's sentence from death to life imprisonment. Upon careful consideration and analysis of the record and briefs in this case, we find no reversible error. Accordingly, the conviction, as previously modified by reduction of sentence, is affirmed.

It is so ordered.

CARLTON, C.J., and ROBERTS, ERVIN, ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Paulk v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Feb 28, 1973
273 So. 2d 384 (Fla. 1973)
Case details for

Paulk v. State

Case Details

Full title:ROY CARROLL PAULK, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Feb 28, 1973

Citations

273 So. 2d 384 (Fla. 1973)