THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 73-342.

300 So.2d 301 (1974)

Ernest G. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, Sarasota, and E. Earl Taylor, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.

Ernest G. Thompson, pro se.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of second degree murder.

Appellant raises several points, but only two of them are worthy of comment. During the course of the trial, testimony was given concerning a statement previously made by a co-defendant which implicated the appellant in apparent violation of the principles established in Bruton v. United States, 1968, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476. We need...

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