MORRIS v. STATE

No. 70234.

557 So.2d 27 (1990)

George MORRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Morris appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the conviction and vacate the sentence.

On May 28, 1986, appellant Morris sought, and was given, permission from his girlfriend to take her eighteen-month-old son, Matthew Roberts, home with him for the night. Later that evening, the child, showing no signs of life, was brought into the emergency room of...

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