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HITCHCOCK v. STATE

No. 82350.

673 So.2d 859 (1996)

James Ernest HITCHCOCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender; and Steven H. Malone and Gary Caldwell, Assistant Public Defenders, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Kenneth S. Nunnelley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

James Ernest Hitchcock appeals the death sentence imposed upon him after a second remand for resentencing. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution. We again remand for resentencing because evidence portraying Hitchcock as a pedophile, including unverified allegations of Hitchcock's sexual abuse of a number of children, was erroneously made a feature of his resentencing proceeding. This evidence was prejudicial...

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