STOKES v. STATE

No. 55054.

403 So.2d 377 (1981)

Durham Eldon STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Johnson, Jr., Bushnell, for appellant.

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


PER CURIAM.

At the jury trial of Durham Eldon Stokes, overwhelming evidence was adduced to show that he participated fully, with other members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang, in the brutal and senseless, beating murders of two members of a rival motorcycle gang. For his role, Stokes was convicted of two first degree murders and, despite a jury recommendation of life imprisonment, was sentenced to death.

Stokes has challenged his convictions on dual grounds...

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