WATTS v. STATE

No. 83-751.

450 So.2d 265 (1984)

Jack Lester WATTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow, and Amelia G. Brown, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Theda James Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


DANAHY, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant appeals his conviction for second degree murder on grounds that the trial judge unduly restricted his cross-examination of two key state witnesses, Johnny Lee Ruebin and Christopher Beasley, in violation of his constitutional right to confront and fully cross-examine adverse witnesses against him. We agree in part and reverse for a new trial.

At the trial the testimony revealed the following scenario. On the night...

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