GAFFORD v. STATE

No. 48421.

387 So.2d 333 (1980)

Dane T. GAFFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Busch and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Public Defenders, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Patti L. Englander, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is a direct appeal from the appellant Gafford's conviction of first degree murder. A death sentence was imposed by the trial court following a jury advisory sentence of death. We have jurisdiction.1

The relevant facts are as follows. Appellant, age 19, and four teenage girls, Barbara Dee Ferguson, age 15; Jennifer Denise Wright, age 14; Patty Whitmarsh, age 16; and Emmaline Long, age 17, along with the victim,...

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