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KEENAN v. STATE

No. 78-1397.

379 So.2d 147 (1980)

John KEENAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Rendell F. Brown, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Glenn H. Mitchell and Marc E. Kirk, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LETTS, Judge.

This appeal arises by way of a murder committed in September of 1974 for which the appellant was not indicted until January 1978. The Court gave a murder one charge but refused to charge on any lesser degrees of homicide because all lesser degrees were barred by the statute of limitations.1 The appellant was convicted as charged. We affirm.

The only point with merit on appeal presents an interesting nuance, for not...

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