KESSLER v. STATE

No. 90,035.

752 So.2d 545 (1999)

Berry KESSLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Candance M. Sabella, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty upon Berry Kessler. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We reverse the conviction because the trial court failed to allow adequate screening of prospective jurors concerning pretrial publicity.

Berry Kessler and John Deroo established Custom Craft Cabinetry, a cabinet manufacturing shop, in Hudson, Florida, in 1990. A year later, on February...

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