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CAMPBELL-ELEY v. STATE

No. 97-1491.

718 So.2d 327 (1998)

Christine CAMPBELL-ELEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

STONE, Chief Judge.

We reverse Appellant's conviction for second-degree murder and aggravated battery on a pregnant woman. The trial court abused its discretion by forbidding defense counsel from asking prospective jurors whether they could be fair and impartial in a case where the victim was pregnant and the fetus did not survive. The trial court also erred by denying Appellant's motion to sever offenses.

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