BOLIN v. STATE

No. SC95775.

793 So.2d 894 (2001)

Oscar Ray BOLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Andrea Norgard and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defenders, Bartow, FL, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kimberly Nolen Hopkins, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.

David Rothman, President, Miami, FL, and James T. Miller, Jacksonville, FL, for Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Amicus Curiae.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death imposed upon Oscar Ray Bolin, Jr. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We reverse Bolin's conviction and sentence and order a new trial as the trial court erred in admitting evidence protected by the spousal privilege.1

Bolin was initially convicted and sentenced to death in 1991 for the first-degree...

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