MORDENTI v. STATE

No. 2D05-4407.

982 So.2d 710 (2008)

Michael MORDENTI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Terri L. Backhus, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


HARRIS, CHARLES M., Associate Senior Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in excluding statements made by the alleged coconspirator, deceased at the time of trial, which, if believed by the jury, would exonerate Michael Mordenti. We hold that the trial court did err and reverse.

Mordenti was first convicted of first-degree murder in 1991, at which time he received the death penalty. Mordenti's conviction and sentence was affirmed...

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