FRANK MIRABEL AND CLEMENTE TAPIA LOPEZ, PETITIONERS,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Fla. 2d DCA | 1973-04-04
No. 72-965
MANN, C. J., and HOBSON and BOARDMAN, JJ., concur.
275 So. 2d 596 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1973) Positive Treatment
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PER CURIAM.

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