YOUNG v. STATE

No. 91-2307.

598 So.2d 163 (1992)

Mark John YOUNG, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Francine Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the defendant Mark John Young from a final judgment of conviction and sentence for aggravated battery which was entered below based on an adverse jury verdict. We reverse and remand for a new trial based on a holding that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting in evidence, over objection, a highly prejudicial hearsay statement made to a police officer by a non-testifying third party.

The defendant testified...

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