DUPONT v. STATE

No. 89-1210.

556 So.2d 457 (1990)

David J. DUPONT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GARRETT, Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of his battery conviction. We write to address whether evidence of an out-of-court verbal confrontation which occurred during the trial was properly admitted in evidence. We find no merit to the remaining issue.

Bad blood arose when appellant began to date the victim's ex-wife and erupted in a fistfight witnessed by the victim's girlfriend (at trial his wife). On direct examination appellant testified that he struck...

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