JAMES v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 68453.

484 So.2d 1235 (1986)

Davidson J. JAMES, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, Steven H. Malone, Sr. Asst. and Mark E. Evans, Asst., Office of Capital Collateral Representative, St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Davidson James, a state prisoner under sentence of death, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus and applies for a stay of execution. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, §§ 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. Because the points James raises have no merit, we deny both the petition and the application for stay.

A jury convicted James of first-degree murder and recommended that he be sentenced to death. The trial court agreed with that recommendation...

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