Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1981

Hampton v. State

Hampton v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 29, 1981 · Downey, Hurley, Moore
401 So. 2d 918; 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20655 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Hampton v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have considered the applicability of the Supreme Court’s recent holding in Estelle v. Smith, — U.S. -, 101 S.Ct. 1866, 68 L.Ed.2d 359 (1981), to the proceedings below. We conclude that the error if any, in admitting a psychiatrist’s report and a transcript of a competency hearing into evidence at the sentencing phase of defendant’s trial was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967); Palmes v. State, 397 So.2d 648 (Fla. 1981). Accordingly, the judgment is

AFFIRMED.

DOWNEY, MOORE and HURLEY, JJ., concur.

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