HAMPTON v. STATE

No. 74-915.

308 So.2d 560 (1975)

Johnnie Lee HAMPTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender and Roy S. Wood, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Linda C. Hertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Margarita Esquiroz, Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of the crime of rape. The commission thereof and the identification of the appellant as one of three men by whom the offense was perpetrated were shown by clear and positive evidence. In addition thereto, in course of the jury trial, the state introduced into evidence, over objection of the appellant-defendant, a letter (proved to have been written by him in jail) addressed to another person held in the jail. The contents of...

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