Supreme Court of Florida
Tumblin v. State of Florida, SC07-2111
Conviction for first degree murder and robbery and sentence of death are reversed, vacated and remanded for a new trial as a police officer's testimony regarding the truthfulness of a key state witness deprived defendant of a fair trial, which affected both the guilt phase and the penalty phase.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/26/2010
- Published 02/26/2010
Judges
- PER CURIAM.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Lisa-Marie Lerner and Leslie Campbell, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.