SILVA v. STATE

No. 86-992.

499 So.2d 3 (1986)

George SILVA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Loren H. Cohen, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Richard L. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, in 1972, was charged with three capital crimes. He had voluntarily confessed to the crimes, his fingerprints were found at the scenes, as well as other tangible evidence belonging to him, plus he was positively identified. Faced with this situation, counsel was able to negotiate a nolo plea in exchange for a sentence on each of the convictions to a term of years. Thereafter, the final judgment and conviction were appealed. See Seay v...

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