VANNIER v. STATE

No. 96-0794.

714 So.2d 470 (1998)

Joseph VANNIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and David McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 15, 1998.

FARMER, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of the murder of his wife. We find prejudicial error in the combined decisions of the trial court in failing to admit evidence in the decedent's own words indicating a suicidal intent, as well as evidence that she had recently been given a prescription for a sleeping medication with recognized side effects of depression, aggression and suicide.

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