ELLIS v. STATE

No. 75813.

622 So.2d 991 (1993)

Ralph Kermit ELLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

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


PER CURIAM.

Ralph Kermit Ellis appeals his convictions and death sentences for two first-degree murders and a thirty-year sentence for attempted murder. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

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