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VANN v. STATE

No. 95-974.

666 So.2d 176 (1995)

Dennis VANN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Dan D. Hallenberg, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin Compton Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This case is directly on point with Lawhorne v. State, 500 So.2d 519 (Fla. 1986) and because of this a reversal is mandated.

Appellant was asked by his lawyer at trial if he had "ever been convicted of a felony." He said he "pleaded out once." He was then asked why he "didn't take that case to trial." The court would not allow him to answer.

In Lawhorne it was held that a witness, anticipating...

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