MORRELL v. STATE

No. W-234.

335 So.2d 836 (1976)

Truman P. MORRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.P. Maddox, of Dawson, Galant, Maddox, Sulik & Nichols, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant Morrell was informed against and tried for the crime of rape. The jury returned a verdict of the lesser included offense of assault to commit rape; hence this appeal.

The major point asserted by Morrell is that the trial court erred in not permitting cross examination of the prosecutrix as to her addiction to narcotics and continuing methadone treatment.

The facts primarily reveal a "one on one" situation. The prosecuting...

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