DARDEN v. STATE

Nos. 45056, 45108.

329 So.2d 287 (1976)

Willie Jasper DARDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Harold H. Moore, Asst. Public Defender, Sarasota, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

Pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, this Court takes jurisdiction over a direct appeal from a final judgment imposing the death penalty.

Carl's Furniture Store in Lakeland, Florida was robbed on September 8, 1973. During the course of the robbery, the proprietor, Carl Turman, was shot and killed and a neighbor boy, Phillip Arnold, was wounded. Soon afterwards, the Appellant, Willie J. Darden, who was on furlough from...

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