TROTMAN v. STATE

No. 94-1059.

652 So.2d 506 (1995)

Carlos TROTMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Donald Tunnage, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Doquyen T. Nguyen and Douglas Glaid, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals from his convictions for armed robbery and armed burglary. We are compelled to reverse because of a violation of the Postell1 rule.

The first witness in the case was the investigating and arresting police officer. Without any evidence concerning the circumstances of the offense, he was permitted to testify, over timely objection, that, after speaking to an unidentified and non...

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