HELMS v. STATE

No. 88-441.

540 So.2d 192 (1989)

McArthur HELMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Brad Permar, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary O. Welch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


LEHAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence for sexual battery.

We affirm the conviction. Defendant argues that the trial court erroneously restricted his testimony by instructing him to not testify to matters which had been contained in the proffer of his testimony which the trial court referred to as only "ancillary." While those matters appear to us to have been relevant to defendant's defense, defendant did not object to their exclusion...

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