BRINSON v. STATE

No. 79-347.

382 So.2d 322 (1979)

Ivory R. BRINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.


BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

Ivory Brinson appeals her conviction for robbery, contending that the trial court erred in not allowing her to introduce hearsay testimony under the declaration against interest exception to the hearsay rule. We agree and reverse.

On July 31, 1978, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Ambrose Liming was sitting on a bench in a park in downtown St. Petersburg, when a white male and a black female sat down on either side of him. Suddenly...

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