CHRISTIAN v. STATE

No. 71-683.

272 So.2d 852 (1973)

James Edward CHRISTIAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Dauksch, Jr., Orlando, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Nelson E. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WALDEN, Judge.

Defendant was tried by jury upon indictment for first degree murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment upon being found guilty with recommendation of mercy. He appeals.

We have measured appellant's trial and conviction with grave and profound care against the now established rule of law. We find it fundamentally defective with the error being of such magnitude as to command a new trial.

The state's proofs indicate that defendant...

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