Supreme Court of Florida, 1973

Gorham v. State

Supreme Court of Florida · Decided July 5, 1973 · Adkins, Boyd, Carlton, Dekle, Ervin, McCain, Roberts

282 So. 2d 874; 1973 Fla. LEXIS 4954 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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1 later published case cites this decision.

Douglas Gorham v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida (5th Cir. 1979)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of rape without recommendation of mercy in the Circuit Court, in and for Hillsborough 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. Upon careful consideration of the record and briefs, we find no reversible error. Accordingly, the conviction, as previously modified by reduction of sentence, is

Affirmed.

It is so ordered.

CARLTON, C. J., and ROBERTS, ERVIN, ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.

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