WITT v. STATE

No. 58329.

387 So.2d 922 (1980)

Johnny Paul WITT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm and James R. Wulchak, Asst. Public Defenders, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In 1974, Johnny Paul Witt was tried and convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of Jonathan Kushner. The trial judge accepted the jury's recommendation that Witt be sentenced to death and, on appeal to this Court, the trial court's judgment of conviction and sentence were affirmed. Witt v. State, 342 So.2d 497 (Fla.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 935, 98 S.Ct. 422, 54 L.Ed.2d 294 (1977); reh. denied...

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