MENENDEZ v. STATE

No. 49294.

368 So.2d 1278 (1979)

Antonio MENENDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Julian S. Mack, Warren S. Schwartz and Daniel Velayos-Laredo, Asst. Public Defenders, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ENGLAND, Chief Justice.

This case is here on direct appeal of a sentence of death imposed on Antonio Menendez by a trial judge, following an advisory sentence of death recommended by a jury. We have jurisdiction.1

The following sequence of events led to Menendez's arrest and conviction. A customer walked into a jewelry store and saw a man emptying the store's safe. The man took a gun...

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