WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 59748.

432 So.2d 44 (1983)

Ricky WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Leen of Leen & Schneider, Hollywood, for appellant.

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


BOYD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the conviction but order the sentence reduced to life imprisonment.

On March 15, 1980, Ricky Washington, his brother, and two friends went by car to the T.C. Tire Company in Fort Lauderdale to try to find a buyer for some stolen guns. The driver of the car, Jack Hunter, went in the back door of...

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