Robert Dale Purifoy v. State of Florida

Robert D. Purifoy appeals his judgment and sentence for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and tampering with evidence, stemming from a shooting incident. Purifoy raises three claims on appeal: (1) the trial court erred by allowing the State to introduce into evidence Purifoy’s clothes because the warrantless taking of Purifoy’s clothes from the hospital by law enforcement officers amounted to “a meaningful interference with his constitutionally protected possessory rights” pursuant to Jones v. State, 648 So.2d 669, 675 (Fla. 1994); (2) the trial court erred by preventing the…