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SAVAGE v. STATE

No. 75494.

588 So.2d 975 (1991)

James Hudson SAVAGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Christopher S. Quarles, Assistant Public Defender, Chief, Capital Appeals, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, and Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Steven Goldstein, Tallahassee, and Terence James Malone of Barrister & Sol. of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, Geraldton, West Australia, amicus curiae for The Nat. Aboriginal and Islander Legal Services Secretariat, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

James Savage appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. Although we affirm Savage's conviction, we vacate his death sentence and remand for imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for twenty-five years.

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