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DERRICK v. STATE

No. 73076.

581 So.2d 31 (1991)

Samuel Jason DERRICK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Robert F. Moeller, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Samuel Jason Derrick appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death for the murder of Rama Sharma. We have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution.

On June 25, 1987, at 6:30 a.m., Harry Lee found the body of Rama Sharma in a path in the woods near Sharma's Moon Lake General Store in Pasco County. Blood trailed from the body to a blood puddle twenty...

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