BENDER v. STATE

No. 84-1768.

472 So.2d 1370 (1985)

Ernest BENDER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Karen M. Gottlieb, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and G. Bart Billbrough, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

We reverse the defendant's conviction upon a holding that the trial court erred in precluding the defendant from eliciting from his expert witness-psychiatrist the results of a computerized brain scan test (C.A.T.) upon which the expert relied in reaching and confirming his diagnosis that the defendant suffered from cerebral atrophy and organic brain syndrome. This condition, the defense contended, combined with the defendant's voluntary...

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