Case Name: John Loveman REESE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-02-18
Citations: 728 So. 2d 727
Docket Number: No. 91,411
Parties: John Loveman REESE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SHAW, J., and OVERTON and KOGAN, Senior Justices, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 728
Pages: 727–730

Head Matter:
John Loveman REESE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91,411.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Feb. 18, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Nada M. Carey, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Barbara J. Yates, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have on appeal a circuit court order imposing the death penalty upon John Love-man Reese. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution. For the reasons expressed below, we reverse.
Reese was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The facts are set out fully in Reese v. State, 694 So.2d 678 (Fla. 1997). The trial court followed the jury's eight-to-four vote and imposed the death penalty. This Court affirmed the conviction but found the sentencing order deficient for failing to expressly discuss and weigh the evidence offered in mitigation, based on Campbell v. State, 571 So.2d 415 (Fla. 1990). We remanded to the trial court for the entry of a new sentencing order within thirty days of our opinion. The opinion was released March 20, 1997. Rehearing was denied on May 27, 1997.
Apparently, some confusion arose regarding the procedure to be followed after remand. It appears that the trial court treated the remand as a relinquishment of jurisdiction, for the trial court entered the revised sentencing order on April 17, 1997 — prior to this Court's denial of rehearing, and thus before the trial court regained jurisdiction. Pursuant to the mandate of this Court, dated June 26, 1997, the trial court adopted and reentered the revised sentencing order on July 16, 1997.
Further confusion has also arisen as to whether or not new hearings are required in cases involving Campbell errors. In the present case, no hearing was held; the trial court simply entered the revised sentencing order. Prior to the revised sentencing order being entered on April 17, 1997, the State filed a sentencing memorandum without request of the trial court. It is disputed whether counsel for Reese received this memorandum. Regardless, Reese did not submit his own sentencing memorandum. Fairness dictates that both parties be given an opportunity to be heard on this very important issue.
This Court accepts responsibility for any confusion in these types of cases. We have been less than specific in outlining the exact procedure to be followed in a Campbell error case like this.
Because we are unable to conduct an appropriate review of the death sentence, we remand this cause to the trial court. On remand, the court is to conduct a new hearing, giving both parties an opportunity to present argument and submit sentencing memoranda before determining an appropriate sentence. No new evidence shall be introduced at the hearing. See Crump v. State, 654 So.2d 545, 548 (Fla. 1995) ("[A] reweighing does not entitle the defendant to present new evidence."). After the hearing is concluded, the trial judge is instructed to submit a revised sentencing order explicitly weighing the mitigating circumstances consistent with Campbell. The order shall be submitted within 120 days of the issuance of this opinion. There will be no rehearing on this matter until this Court has reviewed the revised sentencing order from the trial judge.
It is so ordered.
SHAW, J., and OVERTON and KOGAN, Senior Justices, concur.
PARIENTE, J., concurs specially with an opinion, in which ANSTEAD, J., concurs.
HARDING, C.J., concurs in part and dissents in part with an opinion, in which WELLS, J., concurs.