JENKINS v. STATE

No. 83727.

692 So.2d 893 (1997)

Lorenzo M. JENKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Carol M. Dittmar, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty upon Lorenzo M. Jenkins. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the first-degree murder conviction. However, we reverse the trial court's decision to override the jury's life recommendation and remand this case to the trial court for imposition of a life sentence without possibility of parole in accordance...

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