GAINES v. STATE

No. 69-747.

244 So.2d 478 (1970)

Helen GAINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Nager, Orlando, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Rodney Durrance, Jr., Asst. Atty., Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

Appellant's sole point on this appeal from conviction of aggravated assault is whether the court erred in excluding testimony of the victim's bad character and reputation for turbulence and violence.

Argument on this point presupposes that the defendant's two witnesses would have so testified. However, the reporter's transcript of the trial proceedings discloses that in the case of both witnesses the state made its objection immediately upon the...

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