Case Name: Harry WILLIFORD, and Henry Jenkins, Jr., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1966-01-04
Citations: 181 So. 2d 372
Docket Number: Nos. 65-430, 65-571
Parties: Harry WILLIFORD, and Henry Jenkins, Jr., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 181
Pages: 372–372

Head Matter:
Harry WILLIFORD, and Henry Jenkins, Jr., Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 65-430, 65-571.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Jan. 4, 1966.
Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Phillip A. Hubbart, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Herbert P. Benn, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for ap-pellee.
Before TILLMAN PEARSON, CARROLL and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellants having been indicted for murder in the first degree pleaded guilty and each was sentenced to imprisonment for life. They have appealed, contending that the sentence was illegal in that it was imposed after the trial judge had indicated to them that they would receive a death sentence unless they stated the facts of the offense, as to which they had pleaded guilty. They related the facts in open court, whereupon the court imposed the life sentences. As life sentence was the minimum penalty for murder in the first degree (§§ 782.04 and 919.23(2), Fla.Stat., F.S.A.) no basis is shown to disturb the sentences imposed by the court.
Affirmed.