Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Khadafy Kareem Mullens v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 16, 2016No. SC13-1824Published

1Concurrence

LEWIS, J,, specially

concurring.

I agree with the conclusions reached by the Court today. However, I write to express my concern that this decision should not in any way be understood to eliminate or undermine the legal procedures regarding the admission of nontesti-monial evidence. See Johnson v. State, 660 So.2d 637, 645 (Fla.1995) (“The rules of evidence may be relaxed during the penalty phase of a capital trial, but they emphatically are not to be completely ignored.”); see also § 921.141(1), Fla. Stat. (2008) (“[T]his subsection shall not be construed to authorize the introduction of any…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  2. Agatheas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2011
  3. Wagner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  4. Hannewacker v. City of Jacksonville BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  5. Dolan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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