Gross v. State

Apr 7, 1987
No. 85-1423
Reporters:
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Before:
Ferguson
PER CURIAM.

On a finding that the evidence presented against ‍​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍the defendant, in support of a conviction for two counts of first-degree murder, was overwhelming, see Williams ‍​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍v. State, 425 So.2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), and that the court did not err in giving a, ‍​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍flight instruction where the defendant left the jurisdiction shortly after the murders and was not apprehended until ‍​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍three years later in the state of New York, see Proffitt v. State, 315 So.2d 461 (Fla.1975), affd, 428 U.S. 242, 96 ‍​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍S.Ct. 2960, 49 L.Ed.2d 913 (1976), the convictions and sentences are

AFFIRMED.