DOBBERT v. STATE

Nos. 65465, 65782.

456 So.2d 424 (1984)

Ernest John DOBBERT, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Ernest John DOBBERT, Jr., Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Secretary Department of Corrections of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. Doherty, Clearwater, and Steven Malone of Rahdert, Malone & Richardson, St. Petersburg, for appellant/petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee/respondent.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

Ernest John Dobbert appeals two orders of the trial court denying his motions to vacate his judgment and death sentence. He has also filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus and an application for stay of execution. Finding no error, we affirm the trial court's denial of these motions. We also deny the petition for habeas corpus and the application for stay.

In 1974, Dobbert was convicted of the first-degree murder of his nine-year-old...

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