RICHARDSON v. STATE

No. 38003.

247 So.2d 296 (1971)

James Joseph RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Spencer Robinson of Robinson & Whitson, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This cause is before us on appeal from the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County, to review the lengthy proceedings wherein the appellant, hereinafter referred to as defendant, James Joseph Richardson, was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter, Betty Jean Bryant. The jury did not recommend mercy and a sentence of death was imposed.

The testimony at the trial revealed that the victim, an eleven-year-old child, along...

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