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Higgs v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 20, 1972
270 So. 2d 714 (Fla. 1972)

Opinion

No. 40945.

December 20, 1972.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Broward County, Lamar Warren, Judge.

Leonard L. Stafford, Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and William W. Herring, 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 Broward 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.

ERVIN, Acting C.J., and CARLTON, ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., and DREW, J. (Retired), concur.


Summaries of

Higgs v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Dec 20, 1972
270 So. 2d 714 (Fla. 1972)
Case details for

Higgs v. State

Case Details

Full title:MACON HIGGS, JR., APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Dec 20, 1972

Citations

270 So. 2d 714 (Fla. 1972)