ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 65506.

487 So.2d 1040 (1986)

Amos Earl ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Capital Appeals, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and William E. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Amos Robinson appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. We affirm the conviction, but vacate the death sentence and remand for a new sentencing proceeding before a jury.

In October 1983 Robinson and Abron Scott accosted a man in the parking lot of a Tampa bar. After beating him unconscious, they placed the victim in the back seat of his...

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