VASIL v. STATE

No. 46654.

374 So.2d 465 (1979)

George Thomas VASIL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elton H. Schwarz, Public Defender, and Bruce M. Wilkinson, Asst. Public Defender, Stuart, and Tobias Simon and Elizabeth J. duFresne, Miami, for appellant.

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


PER CURIAM.

George Vasil has appealed his first degree murder conviction and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution.

On September 19, 1974, twelve-year-old Pamela Vasser was murdered in a park in Fort Pierce. The appellant, fifteen years of age at the time, was seen in the area shortly before the killing. Upon questioning by the state attorney's investigator, the appellant eventually confessed....

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