COBB, Judge.
The appellant, Jorge Alberto Cruz, was convicted of two counts of aggravated battery, one for stabbing a man named Little and the other for stabbing a man named Taylor. We reverse the conviction for the stabbing of Taylor because the state at trial admittedly failed to present evidence as to the identity of Taylor except through inadmissible hearsay, to which the defense interposed a timely objection. See State v. Allen,
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