Phillup Alan Partin v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Partin’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. It held that the challenged evidence was properly admitted or, where potentially erroneous, harmless; that former testimony from an unavailable DNA analyst satisfied the applicable hearsay and confrontation requirements; that the jury instructions and refusal to provide the indictment were not reversible error; and that the death sentence was proportionate and supported by sufficient evidence.