PARKER v. STATE

No. 89-1569.

564 So.2d 232 (1990)

Merle E. PARKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Daniel J. Schafer, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Barbara C. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

The appellant Parker was convicted of aggravated assault and criminal mischief for striking an occupied motor vehicle with a cane. Parker attempted to defend by offering evidence that he was striking at the vehicle, a truck driven by one Terry Meyers, in order to prevent it from hitting him, since Meyers allegedly had tried to "run him down" on other occasions. At trial, however, the trial court held that Parker could not cross-examine Meyers, or testify...

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