BAXTER v. STATE

No. 72-1198.

294 So.2d 392 (1974)

John Alvin BAXTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Sandstrom of Sandstrom & Hodge, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Marie Bernard, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DOWNEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sole point on appeal warranting discussion is appellant's suggestion that the trial court erred "in permitting the state to attack the character reputation of the defendant by alleged reputation evidence where the defendant did not first put his character in evidence."

At trial appellant took the stand in his own defense and testified that while he...

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