O'CONNELL v. STATE

No. 64565.

480 So.2d 1284 (1985)

Barry Gilbert O'CONNELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Steven L. Bolotin, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Andrea Smith Hillyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from convictions of first-degree murder and a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

O'Connell was convicted of two convenience store robbery-murders. The jury recommended a sentence of death for each murder count, and the trial judge imposed the death sentence. The court found the presence of three aggravating circumstances and no mitigating circumstances.

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