FUENTE v. STATE

No. 69196.

549 So.2d 652 (1989)

Hector FUENTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simson Unterberger, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


EHRLICH, Chief Justice.

Hector Fuente appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article. V, section 3(b)(1), of the Florida Constitution. We affirm the conviction but vacate the sentence of death.

According to the testimony of Fuente's half-brother, Ralph Salerno, Fuente entered into an agreement with his cousin, Barbara Alfonso, to kill her husband, Enrique, for $2,500 to $5,000. Salerno also testified...

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