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HAIR v. STATE

No. 81-2216.

428 So.2d 760 (1983)

Samuel Frederick HAIR a/k/a John Robertson, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and R. James Pelstring, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and William Thomas and Charles A. Stampelos, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

Defendant Hair, tried with co-defendant Jackson* for sexual battery and kidnapping, was granted a directed verdict of acquittal on the kidnapping charge but was convicted and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for sexual battery. We find merit in two of the points raised on appeal and reverse. We hold that the trial court improperly precluded appellant from presenting to the jury testimony attacking the credibility of...

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