HAWK v. STATE

No. 88179.

718 So.2d 159 (1998)

Robert T. HAWK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A. Anne Owens, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Candance M. Sabella, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty on Robert T. Hawk. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the conviction but vacate the death sentence and remand for imposition of a life sentence without possibility of parole for twenty-five years.

Sixteen-year old Beth Teas saw Robert Hawk enter the back door of the house next door at about 11 a.m. on February 19, 1993. The...

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