JONES v. BUTTERWORTH

No. 90231.

695 So.2d 679 (1997)

Leo Alexander JONES, Petitioner, v. Robert BUTTERWORTH, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Order Modifying Opinion on Rehearing June 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. McClain, Litigation Director and Gail E. Anderson, Assistant CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Richard B. Martell, Chief, Capital Appeals and Curtis M. French, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

By order dated April 10, 1997, this Court relinquished jurisdiction to the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the petitioner's claim that electrocution in Florida's electric chair in its present condition is cruel and unusual punishment. Following a fourday hearing, the trial court entered an order dated April 21, 1997, denying petitioner's claim. We will now address the petitioner's appeal from that order.

On April 11, 1997, the...

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