Bouie v. State

Johnnie Bouie appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and affirm his conviction but reduce his sentence to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for twenty-five years.

Responding to a call that something might be wrong, sheriff’s deputies arrived at an uninhabited, lightly travelled portion of 11th Street in Daytona Beach around 11:30 p.m. on September 3, 1984. They found an abandoned car, bloody clothing, and, in a wooded area across the street from the car, the body of a woman who…