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HAWKINS v. STATE

No. 75-871.

326 So.2d 229 (1976)

Henry HAWKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo M. Ferlita of Diecidue, Ferlita & Prieto, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

GRIMES, Judge.

This case involves the question of whether psychiatric testimony directed to the ability of an important prosecution witness to tell the truth may be introduced to attack his credibility.

Appellant was charged under Fla. Stat. § 800.04 (1973) with committing a lewd and lascivious act in the presence of a female child under the age of fourteen years, without intent to commit rape. The complaining...

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