GRIMES, Justice.
Pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution, we review the unusual case of James William Hamblen, a state prisoner who is condemned — and apparently willing and determined — to die for the murder of a woman whose store he wanted to rob. The case raises an issue never before considered by this court.
THE KILLING
On April 24, 1984, Duval County Sheriff's officers responded to a silent alarm at a...
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