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Harkleroad v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 6, 1972
270 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 1972)

Opinion

No. 41299.

December 6, 1972.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; I.C. Spoto, Judge.

B. Anderson Mitcham, Tampa, 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 in the Circuit Court in and for Hillsborough County, Florida. Subsequently, under authority of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), the Supreme Court of Florida in Anderson v. State, 267 So.2d 8 (Fla. 1972), reduced appellant's sentence from death to life imprisonment. After argument, and upon careful consideration 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.

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


Summaries of

Harkleroad v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 6, 1972
270 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 1972)
Case details for

Harkleroad v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES WESLEY HARKLEROAD, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Dec 6, 1972

Citations

270 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 1972)