STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 65569.

453 So.2d 389 (1984)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David Leroy WASHINGTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Richard H. Burr, III, Counsel to the Public Defender for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

The state moves for reversal of the order of the trial court granting David Leroy Washington's motion to vacate his sentences of death. We reverse and hold that the trial court should have denied Washington's motion to vacate. We also vacate the stay of execution granted by the trial court.

Washington pleaded guilty to three first-degree murder charges, was convicted, and received three separate death sentences. He expressly waived his right...

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