Supreme Court of Florida, 1972

Higgs v. State

Higgs v. State
Supreme Court of Florida · Decided December 20, 1972 · Adkins, Boyd, Carlton, Dekle, Drew, Ervin, McCain
270 So. 2d 714; 1972 Fla. LEXIS 3174 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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.

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