LIGHTSEY v. STATE

No. 76-1387.

350 So.2d 824 (1977)

Dewey LIGHTSEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Legal Intern, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Dewey Lightsey, was charged by information with grand larceny of an airboat owned by the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department. He was tried by a jury and convicted. The trial judge adjudged him guilty and sentenced him to three years in state prison. On this appeal, appellant complains that his case was prejudiced by the state's failure to disclose the name of one of its witnesses until the day of trial. We agree and reverse for a new trial.<...

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