BOWLES v. STATE

No. 89261.

716 So.2d 769 (1998)

Gary BOWLES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Richard B. Martell, Chief, Capital Appeals, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Gary Bowles appeals his death sentence. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We review and affirm appellant's first-degree murder conviction. We reverse appellant's death sentence and remand for a new sentencing proceeding because the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce evidence of appellant's alleged hatred of homosexual men. We conclude that such error was not harmless because it was a feature of the penalty...

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