BLASCO v. STATE

No. 81-2331.

419 So.2d 807 (1982)

Virgilio BLASCO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Rory S. Stein, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Steven R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

In an attempt to impeach defendant Blasco's statement during trial that he had previously been convicted of only one crime, the state "refreshed" his memory by questioning him concerning the nature of other convictions, without introducing conviction records. All but one of the convictions were of misdemeanors and did not involve dishonesty or false statements which would have permitted their use for impeachment. The questions posed by the state constituted...

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