TOMLINSON v. STATE

Nos. 89-1878, 89-2051.

584 So.2d 43 (1991)

Austin TOMLINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WESSEL, JOHN D., Associate Judge.

Appellant was adjudged guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a twenty-five year minimum mandatory term.

Appellant raises several points on appeal. However, only one merits discussion. Appellant recounts that after the jury announced it could not reach a verdict, the Court read them the standard jury instruction for deadlocked juries and sent the jury back in to deliberate. Subsequently, the...

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