Case Name: Gene HAMPTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-07-29
Citations: 401 So. 2d 918
Docket Number: No. 80-789
Parties: Gene HAMPTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY, MOORE and HURLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 401
Pages: 918–919

Head Matter:
Gene HAMPTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-789.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 29, 1981.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and John R. Cullom, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ondina Felipe, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
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.