MIMS v. STATE

No. GG-84.

367 So.2d 706 (1979)

Michael Roy MIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Janice G. Scott, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Acting Chief Judge.

Mims and Hutto were jointly charged and tried for burglary. Mims' motion for a separate trial was denied. During the joint trial, over objection by Mims, the state was permitted to adduce evidence of oral and written confessions given by Hutto which implicated Mims. A passing attempt to disguise Hutto's incriminating references to Mims was made by substituting pronouns and other words in place of Mims' name. The altered confession thus read...

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