PURKHISER v. STATE

No. 35589.

210 So.2d 448 (1968)

James PURKHISER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max P. Engel & Jack J. Taffer, Miami, for appellant.

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


DREW, Judge.

The appeal in this case is from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of first degree murder without recommendation of mercy, and sentence of death imposed thereon in the Circuit Court for St. Lucie County.

Alleged procedural errors and constitutional arguments presented by appellant are in our opinion without merit. We conclude, however, from examination of the voluminous record that the court erred in...

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