District Court of Appeal of Florida

Defendant's convictions and sentences for second degree murder and attempted second degree murder are reversed in part for resentencing where it was error to admit a certain letter as a basis for enhancing defendant's sentence as a prison releasee reoffender and a habitual felony offender because the letter was clearly inadmissible hearsay.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2006
• Published 05/10/2006

Judges

• HAZOURI, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David John McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.