FRANK MIRABEL AND CLEMENTE TAPIA LOPEZ, PETITIONERS,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT
FRANK MIRABEL AND CLEMENTE TAPIA LOPEZ, PETITIONERS,
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT
275 So. 2d 596
Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1973)
Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
Certiorari denied. See Ungar v. Sarafite, 1964, 376 U.S. 575, 84 S.Ct. 841, 11 L.Ed.2d 921.
MANN, C. J., and HOBSON and BOARDMAN, JJ., concur.
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Authorities Cited
- Ungar v. Sarafite, 376 U.S. 575 (U.S. 1964)