THOMAS v. STATE

No. 72154.

546 So.2d 716 (1989)

Edward Clifford THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, and Billy H. Nolas and Timothy D. Schroeder, Staff Attys., Office of Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Deborah Guller, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Edward Clifford Thomas appeals from the trial court's order denying his motion to vacate or modify judgment and sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons which follow we vacate Thomas' sentence of death and remand this case for a full sentencing hearing before the trial judge.

Thomas was convicted in 1981 of two counts of first-degree murder. Over a unanimous...

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