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SIMMONS v. STATE

No. 42816.

279 So.2d 298 (1973)

Joseph Nathaniel SIMMONS, S/K/a Willie Johnson, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and William F. Casler, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

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

PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of rape without recommendation of mercy in the Circuit Court, in and for Pinellas County, Florida, and sentenced to death. 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 In re Baker, 267 So.2d 331 (Fla. 1972), reduced appellant's sentence from death to life imprisonment...

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