GUZMAN v. STATE

No. SC16-1711.

238 So.3d 146 (2018)

James GUZMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Deen , Regional Counsel, Junior Barrett and Michael P. Reiter , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fifth District, Ocala, Florida, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Doris Meacham , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Appellee.


James Guzman appeals his convictions for armed robbery and first-degree murder and sentence of death.1 For the following reasons, we affirm the convictions but vacate his death sentence and remand for a new penalty phase.

I. BACKGROUND

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