COURTRIGHT v. STATE

No. 80-1495.

400 So.2d 1277 (1981)

James COURTRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff and Robert E. Adler, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

The appellant was charged with first degree murder and attempted first degree murder and convicted of second degree murder and aggravated assault. Both charges arose out of an incident involving two victims. The main issue of concern to us on appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing the state to elicit from a witness a brief statement made by the defendant to a police officer upon viewing the deceased victim's body to the effect that he...

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