PATTERSON v. STATE

No. 85-1733.

501 So.2d 691 (1987)

Edward Lamar PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and A.N. Radabaugh, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Lauren Hafner Sewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced for kidnapping without a firearm, battery, and trespass in a structure without a firearm. Appellant argues that the court erred in granting the state's motion in limine to limit appellant's cross-examination of a state witness, Larry Cox, as to current criminal charges pending against Cox. We agree.

The general rule of law is that evidence of pending charges against a witness is inadmissible...

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