PUTNAL v. STATE

No. AU-280.

468 So.2d 444 (1985)

Spessard PUTNAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Augustus Harper, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant Spessard Putnal appeals his conviction of filing a fraudulent claim for per diem and traveling expenses. We agree there was error in the trial court, but find it was harmless error, so we affirm.

In early 1982, the State began an investigation into alleged corruption in the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). As a part of this investigation, appellant, a FHP corporal, was subpoenaed for a deposition on September 28, 1982. Because appellant...

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