GOODE v. STATE

No. 51480.

365 So.2d 381 (1978)

Arthur F. GOODE, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and C. Marie King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and a sentence of death.

On the morning of March 5th, 1976, a ten year old child, whom we shall refer to as "Jason", waited for a school bus with other children near his home. A young man, identified by the children as defendant, approached them and began a conversation. Defendant eventually left the bus stop with Jason and walked into a wooded...

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