BROWN v. STATE

No. 68690.

526 So.2d 903 (1988)

Morris BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


BARKETT, Justice.

Morris Lavon Brown appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm appellant's conviction but reverse his sentence and remand for imposition of a life sentence in accordance with the jury's recommendation.

The facts of the murder were recounted at trial by nineteen-year-old Edward Cotton, the co-defendant.1 In the early evening...

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