JACOBS v. STATE

No. 50175.

396 So.2d 713 (1981)

Sonia JACOBS, a/K/a Sonia Linder, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Sandstrom of Sandstrom & Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Benedict P. Kuehne and Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Jacobs was convicted of the first-degree murders of Phillip Black and Donald Irwin and the kidnapping of Leonard Levinson.1 The jury recommended life sentences, but the trial judge sentenced her to death for the murders and imposed a life sentence for the kidnapping. This Court has jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the convictions and the kidnapping sentence, but we reverse the death sentences.

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