RAMIREZ v. STATE

No. SC92975.

810 So.2d 836 (2001)

Joseph J. RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Christina A. Spaulding, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee.


SHAW, J.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing the death penalty on Joseph J. Ramirez following his third trial for the first-degree murder of a night courier. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We reverse the convictions and vacate the sentences for the same reason as before—i.e., the trial court erroneously admitted evidence based on the knife mark identification procedure of Robert Hart.

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