RAFFONE v. STATE

Nos. 83-2312, 83-2313.

483 So.2d 761 (1986)

Salvatore James RAFFONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Joyce K. KNIGHTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and/or Certification Denied March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Bogen of Braverman & Holmes, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant-Salvatore James Raffone.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant-Joyce K. Knighton.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Robert S. Jaegers and Richard G. Bartmon, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HURLEY, Judge.

Defendants, convicted of various drug charges, assert that the trial court erred by failing to conduct a Richardson1 inquiry. We agree and reverse.2

Pursuant to a demand for discovery, the state tendered a crime lab analysis of various items which had been seized from the defendants' residence. The report listed seventeen separate items and, immediately below, stated:

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