Fuente v. State

549 So.2d 652 (1989)

Hector FUENTE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 69196.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 14, 1989.

Simson Unterberger, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

EHRLICH, Chief Justice.

Hector Fuente appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article. V, section 3(b)(1), of the Florida Constitution. We affirm the conviction but vacate the sentence of death.

According to the testimony of Fuente's half-brother, Ralph Salerno, Fuente…