COWHEARD v. STATE

No. 78-648.

365 So.2d 191 (1978)

David H. COWHEARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Yavitz, Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen. and Steven R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, KEHOE and SCHWARTZ, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The defendant appeals from a judgment and sentence rendered against him after a jury found him guilty of grand larceny by false pretenses. We reverse for a new trial because the trial judge erroneously restricted the cross-examination of the star witness against him.

The record showed that the witness, a man named Price, who was an alleged co-participant in the scam with which Cowheard was charged, had been summoned to appear before an Assistant...

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