ROBINSON v. STATE

No. 82-273.

438 So.2d 8 (1983)

Donald Ray ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Theresa K. Edwards, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, and Norman R. Wolfinger, Asst. Public Defender, Titusville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction for second degree murder. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The question presented is whether the trial court erred in refusing to inquire as to whether the jurors had read certain news accounts relating to appellant's trial.

Jury selection was completed on Monday afternoon, November 2, 1981. Before recessing until the following morning, the trial judge specifically...

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