PROVENCE v. STATE

No. 46671.

337 So.2d 783 (1976)

Michael Edward PROVENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Charles H. Livingston, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Gerald L. Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SUNDBERG, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death rendered in the Manatee County Circuit Court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution.

On Thursday, October 11, 1975, at about 9:00 p.m., Peter Dent and three other men, including the appellant, left Washington, D.C. for Florida in order to buy marijuana. Dent was driving a Mercedes which he had contracted with...

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