PENTECOST v. STATE

No. 71851.

545 So.2d 861 (1989)

David Duane PENTECOST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and John M. Koenig, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

David Pentecost appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. We affirm Pentecost's conviction but vacate his death sentence and direct the trial court to resentence him to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for twenty-five years.

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