Higgs v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Higgs v. State, 270 So. 2d 714 (Fla. 1972)
1972 Fla. LEXIS 3174
Adkins, Boyd, Carlton, Dekle, Drew, Ervin, McCain

Higgs v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree without recommendation of mercy in the Circuit Court in and for Broward County, Florida. Subsequently, under authority of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), the Supreme Court of Florida in Anderson v. State, 267 So.2d 8 (Fla. 1972), reduced appellant’s sentence from death to life imprisonment. After argument, and upon careful consideration of the record and briefs in this case, we find no reversible error. Accordingly, the conviction, as pre*715viously modified by reduction of sentence, is affirmed.

It is so ordered.

ERVIN, Acting C. J., and CARLTON, ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., and DREW, J. (Retired), concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Macon HIGGS, Jr. v. STATE of Florida
Status
Published