JENKINS v. STATE

No. 78-135.

380 So.2d 1042 (1980)

Eugene JENKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HERSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder. The jury recommended that appellant be sentenced to death; however, the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment subject to a mandatory twenty-five year term.

Appellant raises four grounds for reversal, only two of which require consideration.

The first basis for reversal urged by appellant is the trial court's refusal to excuse two prospective jurors for cause. Both were eventually...

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