BIANCHI v. STATE

No. 87-1807.

528 So.2d 1309 (1988)

Stephen P. BIANCHI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey O. Dicus, Jr., of Battaglia, Ross, Hastings, Dicus & Andrews, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

Bianchi alleges in this appeal that the trial court erred in permitting a witness to testify at trial to the substance of out-of-court statements made by others to that witness. We agree and reverse.

The state charged Bianchi with second-degree arson for burning or causing to be burned a building containing a window tinting business that was in competition with Bianchi's business. At a jury trial, James Bowman, an arson investigator, was permitted...

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