NIXON v. STATE

No. 67583.

572 So.2d 1336 (1990)

Joe Elton NIXON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Whitney Strickland, Jr. of Oven, Gwynn & Strickland, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Patricia A. Conners, Gary L. Printy and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


EHRLICH, Justice.

Joe Elton Nixon appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death for the 1984 murder of a Tallahassee woman. He also appeals his convictions of kidnapping, robbery, and arson and the trial court's departure from the recommended guideline sentence for those convictions. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and affirm the convictions and sentences.

On Monday, August 13, 1984, the charred...

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