JEAN-MARY v. STATE

No. 95-2494.

678 So.2d 928 (1996)

Herve JEAN-MARY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Rosa C. Figarola, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Steven Groves, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Herve Jean-Mary appeals his conviction and sentence after a jury trial for burglary of an occupied dwelling. His sole contention on appeal is that the trial court improperly precluded him from questioning a key state witness about the witness's recent criminal charge which was nolle prossed by the state approximately sixty to seventy days prior to this trial. We agree and reverse.

Jean-Mary was originally charged with two counts of burglary with...

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