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RUFFIN v. STATE

No. 90-2495.

589 So.2d 403 (1991)

Mack C. RUFFIN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Noel A. Pelella, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Rebecca R. Wall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

HARRIS, Judge.

In July 1978, Mack C. Ruffin, Jr. was convicted in Sumter County of first degree murder and sexual battery. The convictions arose from the sexual assault and murder of a 21 year old pregnant woman, Karol Hurst.1 Ruffin was sentenced to death on the murder conviction and a thirty year concurrent term on the sexual battery. He appealed both sentences to the Florida Supreme Court and both sentences were affirmed.

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