STOKES v. STATE

No. 88-96.

541 So.2d 642 (1989)

Constance Lynn STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Maria Ines Suber, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Walter M. Meginniss, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant Stokes seeks review of a 1/7/88 judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in the circuit court for Santa Rosa County, by which she was convicted of second degree murder with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 17 years. We reverse because the court erred in denying appellant's motion to suppress statements and physical evidence, and in permitting the state to introduce evidence attacking appellant's character when she did not testify and...

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