RIVERS v. STATE

No. 37356.

226 So.2d 337 (1969)

Willie Samuel RIVERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Green, Jr., Public Defender, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree in the death of Carol Persons. He was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy and sentenced to death.

The body of a young woman was recovered from a shallow grave in the Southeast section of Gainesville, Florida, on September 10, 1967. The day before, appellant, when questioned about the disappearance of...

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