BENSON v. STATE

No. 86-2431.

526 So.2d 948 (1988)

Steven Wayne BENSON, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R.N. McDonnell and Jerry Berry of McDonnell & Berry, Naples, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lauren Hafner Sewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee/cross-appellant.


LEHAN, Acting Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals from convictions and sentences for the first-degree murders of his mother and adopted brother, the attempted first-degree murder of his sister, and other related crimes. The crimes involved the placing and detonations on July 9, 1985, of two pipe bombs in a motor vehicle, a Suburban, which was occupied by the victims. We affirm the convictions and sentences.

There were two explosions, one shortly after the other...

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