COOPER v. STATE

No. 86,133.

739 So.2d 82 (1999)

Albert COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott W. Sakin, Special Assistant Public Defender, Miami, Florida, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Randall Sutton, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, Florida, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty on Albert Cooper. 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.

On May 25, 1991, Albert Cooper and Tivan Johnson robbed a pawnshop owned by Charles Barker and shot Barker to death. Both men were...

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