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Burke v. State, No. 3D08-590 (Fla. App. 9/2/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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Andre Burke, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. No. 3D08-590 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. Opinion filed September 2, 2009. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Diane Ward, Judge, Lower Tribunal No. 94-36429. Arnstein & Lehr, Richard L. Rosenbaum, and Cheryl Zickler, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Michael C. Greenberg, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before COPE, GERSTEN, and SALTER, JJ. GERSTEN, J. Andre Burke (”the defendant”) appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus based on manifest injustice. We affirm. A jury convicted the defendant of first-degree murder. The trial court sentenced the defendant to life in state prison without the possibility of parole...continue to full post

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