COOPER v. STATE

No. 91-3945.

610 So.2d 629 (1992)

Vernon Ray COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Hertz, of New York University School of Law, New York, NY, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Edward C. Hill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant appeals his resentencing, upon remand after reversal of his death sentence, to life without possibility of parole for 25 years to be served consecutive to later imposed life sentences in separate cases. We reverse and remand for imposition of that sentence without any reference to the other life sentences.

Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death on July 1, 1974. On July 16, 1974, after he entered pleas...

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