THOMAS v. STATE

No. 1D07-4946.

993 So.2d 105 (2008)

Steven Lawrence THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Jennifer J. Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kathy Ray, Assistant State Attorney, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

Steven Lawrence Thomas appeals his conviction for second degree murder and the life sentence imposed in consequence. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his request for a special instruction on circumstantial evidence; and in admitting certain hearsay, over defense objection. We find no error in the jury instructions, but agree that allowing the hearsay in was error, reverse for that reason, and remand for a new trial.

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