KANE v. STATE

No. 94-02247.

698 So.2d 1254 (1997)

Timothy John KANE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Johnston, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah F. Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


BLUE, Judge.

Timothy John Kane appeals his convictions for two counts of first-degree murder. We affirm the convictions because although the trial court erred, the error was harmless. We write primarily to report how Tim Kane, a fourteen-year-old-boy with no prior criminal history, stands convicted and sentenced to life in prison for two murders he did not personally commit.

The events leading to this result occurred when Tim Kane was fourteen years and three...

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