WHITE v. DUGGER

No. 71184.

523 So.2d 140 (1988)

William Melvin WHITE, Petitioner, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and Craig S. Barnard, Chief Asst. Public Defender and Steven H. Malone, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

White files this habeas corpus action contending that he is entitled to relief under Hitchcock v. Dugger, ___ U.S. ___, 107 S.Ct. 1821, 95 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(9) of the state constitution and disagree.

White was convicted of first-degree murder. The jury unanimously recommended death which the trial judge imposed. We affirmed both the conviction and sentence. White v. State,

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