WILLIFORD v. STATE

No. 65-430, 65-571.

181 So.2d 372 (1966)

Harry WILLIFORD, and Henry Jenkins, Jr., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

January 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Phillip A. Hubbart, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Herbert P. Benn, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants having been indicted for murder in the first degree pleaded guilty and each was sentenced to imprisonment for life. They have appealed, contending that the sentence was illegal in that it was imposed after the trial judge had indicated to them that they would receive a death sentence unless they stated the facts of the offense, as to which they had pleaded guilty. They related the facts in open court, whereupon the court imposed the life...

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