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WILKINS v. STATE

No. 32097.

155 So.2d 129 (1963)

Dan WILKINS and Tommy Lee Williams, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 28, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Worth Owen of Williams, Owen & Owen, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty., Gen., and A.G. Spicola, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellants were charged with committing murder in the first degree by bludgeoning to death 84-year old Henry Goodman. They were found guilty without recommendation of mercy and sentenced to death.

It was well established that the appellants went to the home of their eventual victim in the nighttime while it was occupied by him and his wife, forced entry, severely beat both of them, raped the...

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