THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 73300.

565 So.2d 1311 (1990)

Joey Burton THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. J. Sheppard, Elizabeth L. White, Cyra C. O'Daniel and Matthew P. Farmer of Sheppard and White, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Bradley R. Bischoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


BARKETT, Justice.

Joey Burton Thompson ("Thompson") appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We affirm the conviction but vacate the sentence of death and remand for imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment.1

Evidence presented at trial showed that Thompson and his wife, Janice, were living together in Jacksonville, Florida, in early 1988 when Thompson began having an affair with the victim, Annette...

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