FLEMING v. STATE

No. 83-930.

457 So.2d 499 (1984)

Arthur R. FLEMING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Pippinger of Cohen & Pippinger, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and M. Ann Garrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

The jury convicted appellant Arthur R. Fleming of manslaughter of his estranged wife, Audra. We reverse and remand for a new trial on the basis of the evidentiary errors discussed below, which we believe compromised the fairness of the underlying proceedings.

The state charged Fleming with second degree murder and attempted to prove through circumstantial evidence that he killed his wife during a quarrel over issues raised in...

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