AVSENEW v. STATE

No. SC18-1629.

334 So.3d 590 (2022)

Peter AVSENEW, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Stafford Haughwout , Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell , Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Lisa-Marie Lerner and Leslie T. Campbell , Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Appellee.


Peter Avsenew appeals his judgments of conviction of first-degree murder and sentences of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. As we explain below, we reverse Avsenew's convictions and sentences, and we remand this case to the circuit court for a new trial.

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