McRAE v. STATE

No. 79-321.

383 So.2d 289 (1980)

James Henry McRAE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


BOARDMAN, Judge.

James Henry McRae appeals eleven convictions and sentences arising out of a single amended information. We hold that under the circumstances the trial court's admission of certain hearsay testimony over timely objection leaves us no alternative but to reverse for new trial.

Four separate incidents are involved here. The victim, a sixty-three-year old widow, has been in America since 1960. She is Italian and speaks little English, and her testimony...

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