MASTERSON v. STATE

No. 68814.

516 So.2d 256 (1987)

John Patrick MASTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Mendelow, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This case is before us on direct appeal from the trial court's imposition of a death sentence after a jury recommendation of life imprisonment. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm Masterson's first-degree murder conviction but vacate the sentence of death and, instead, direct imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for twenty-five years in accordance with the jury's recommendation. We...

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