Z.P. v. STATE

No. 90-1299.

571 So.2d 550 (1990)

Z.P., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Valerie Jonas, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jorge Espinosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Holding that the trial court committed reversible error, State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla. 1986), in permitting a witness to testify regarding the results of a report, we reverse the adjudication of delinquency. Because the report was based on statements of non-testifying declarants, the testimony improperly created the "inescapable inference" that non-testifying witnesses provided evidence of Z.P.'s guilt...

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