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MUHAMMAD v. STATE

No. 63343.

494 So.2d 969 (1986)

Askari Abdullah MUHAMMAD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. General, Miami, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This case is before us for review of a death sentence. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

Muhammad, awaiting execution on death row,1 fatally stabbed a prison guard in the late afternoon of October 12, 1980. The incident apparently arose out of Muhammad's frustration at being denied permission to see a visitor after he refused to shave his beard. In the past Muhammad had been issued a pass excusing...

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