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SPARKMAN v. STATE

No. 4D03-4737.

902 So.2d 253 (2005)

Michelle Leigh SPARKMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Jeffrey Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

POLEN, J.

Michelle Leigh Sparkman appeals her conviction for manslaughter and sentence of fifteen years in prison. Because the trial court committed harmful error in admitting Detective Brock's out-of-court comments regarding his beliefs and theories that Sparkman killed the child, we reverse and remand this case to the trial court.

Sparkman and William Jason Mikus began living together in June of 2000. Mikus had a child, Courtney, who was 14 months old. Sparkman...

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