THOMAS v. STATE

No. 89-00776.

581 So.2d 993 (1991)

Earl Joseph THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey A. Foster, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Patricia Ann Ash, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

Earl Joseph Thomas was convicted by a jury of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and resisting arrest without violence, a first-degree misdemeanor. He contends that the trial court erred in admitting a hearsay statement into evidence and in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on the tampering charge. We agree and reverse.

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