MASON v. STATE

No. 60703.

438 So.2d 374 (1983)

Oscar MASON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain and Samuel R. Mandelbaum, Asst. Public Defenders, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


ADKINS, Justice.

We have for review an order by a circuit court imposing the death penalty upon appellant, Oscar Mason, Jr., (hereinafter appellant). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

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