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Author: {"author": "Levine, J. Gerber, C.J., concurring in part and dissenting in part. May, J., Dissenting.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Christin BILOTTI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 4D15-3559
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    June 6, 2018
    Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Mara C. Herbert, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
    ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
   Levine, J.

We deny the state's motion for rehearing, withdraw our previously issued opinion, and substitute the following in its place.

Appellant appeals her conviction for second-degree murder. We reverse the conviction for all the reasons stated in Pacchiana v. State , 240 So.3d 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).

Reversed and remanded .

Gerber, C.J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.

May, J., dissents with opinion.

Gerber, C.J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.

For the reasons expressed in my concurrence in Pacchiana v. State , 240 So.3d 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018), I concur with Judge Levine's ultimate conclusion to reverse the defendant's conviction and remand for a new trial.

May, J., Dissenting.

For the reasons expressed in my dissent in Pacchiana v. State , 240 So.3d 803 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018), I dissent from the majority on the prospective juror issue. I would affirm the conviction.