DOWNS v. STATE

No. 73877.

574 So.2d 1095 (1991)

Bobby Lee DOWNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Bobby Lee Downs appeals his sentence of death and related criminal conviction. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the conviction but reverse the trial judge's override of the jury recommendation of a life sentence.

Downs was convicted of murder for the April 20, 1988, shooting death of his estranged wife, Nicole Downs, and of aggravated assault on Terry Strickland, a witness to the murder. Downs and his wife had...

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