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EVANS v. STATE

Nos. 40853, 40860 and 40984.

275 So.2d 226 (1973)

Lawrence D. EVANS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Nathaniel PRESSLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Charles Elwood COBB, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton A. Orbach and Michael S. Hacker, Miami, for Lawrence D. Evans.

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, for Nathaniel Pressley.

Bernard A. Wieder, Miami Beach, for Charles Elwood Cobb.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The appellants were convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy in the Circuit Court, in and for Dade County, Florida. Subsequently, under authority of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), the Supreme Court of Florida in Anderson v. State, 267 So.2d 8 (Fla. 1972), reduced appellants' sentences from death to life imprisonment...

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