HOLSTON v. STATE

No. 35856.

208 So.2d 98 (1968)

Leon Corneal HOLSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. George Allen, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant, Leon Corneal Holston, was convicted of murder in the first degree of Julian Marion Foxworth, an 11-year old boy, without recommendation of mercy and was sentenced to death. The case is now here for review. The victim had been stabbed several times and had been "buggered" according to the doctor who performed the autopsy. The testimony was positive that the cause of death was hemorrhaging and...

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