SMITH v. STATE

No. Z-100.

344 So.2d 915 (1977)

Reginald Evans SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Arnold, of Arnold, Stratford & Booth, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton and Richard L. Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


BOYER, Chief Judge.

Appellant was indicted for first degree murder, tried by a jury and convicted of second degree murder. He now urges several grounds for reversal, claiming that: The attempted cover-up of the murder became a feature and the homicide an incident of the trial; his wife, in derogation of the marital privilege, was allowed to testify as to certain statements made by him to her; the prosecutor made prejudicial comments in his opening and closing statements...

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