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DOBBERT v. FLORIDA

No. 76-5306.

432 U.S. 282 (1977)

DOBBERT v. FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Charles W. Musgrove, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs was Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, child abuse, and child torture. The victims were his children. Under the Florida death penalty statute then in effect he was sentenced by the trial judge to death for the first-degree murder. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed, and we granted certiorari to consider whether changes in the Florida death penalty statutes subjected...

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