VALLE v. STATE

No. 61176.

474 So.2d 796 (1985)

Manuel VALLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Zelman, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Penny H. Brill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.


ADKINS, Justice.

Appellant, Manuel Valle, appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and his sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the conviction and the death sentence.

On April 2, 1978, Officer Louis Pena of the Coral Gables Police Department was on patrol when he stopped appellant and a companion for a traffic violation. The events that followed were witnessed by Officer Gary Spell, also of the Coral...

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