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TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. 80-2122.

420 So.2d 615 (1982)

Jerry Frank TOWNSEND, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1982.

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 Andrea T. Mohel, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

DOWNEY, Judge.

Appellant Jerry Frank Townsend was indicted by the Broward County grand jury for first degree murder arising out of the strangulation murder of Naomi Gamble and Barbara Ann Brown in July and August of 1973 and the stabbing death of Thelma Jean Bell in June of 1973. After a fourweek trial, Townsend was found guilty of the first degree murder of Gamble and Brown and not guilty of the Bell murder. From a judgment of conviction and two consecutive life...

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