SLAUGHTER v. STATE

No. 75-927.

330 So.2d 156 (1976)

Leroy SLAUGHTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warner S. Olds, Public Defender, 17th Judicial Circuit, William W. Herring and Stuart M. Lerner, Asst. Public Defenders, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Joel D. Rosenblatt, Miami, Basil Diamond, West Palm Beach, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Carl B. Schwait, Legal Intern, Miami, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Upon review of the record on appeal and after due consideration of the briefs and oral argument we are constrained to hold that reversible error occurred when defendant's claim of alibi and witness list in support thereof were excluded by the trial court without first inquiring into the surrounding circumstances. Barnes v. State, 294 So.2d 679 (Fla.App. 1974); Bell v. State, 287 So.2d 717...

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