STEVENS v. STATE

No. 96-0567.

693 So.2d 1052 (1997)

Carol A. STEVENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elliot B. Kula, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, Judge.

The primary issue on this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in admitting evidence of pending criminal charges against a key defense witness. We agree with defendant that under the circumstances of this case it was error to allow this line of cross-examination and reverse.

Defendant was charged and convicted of possession of cocaine. She was driving in a neighborhood the police suspected of drug activity, when she was stopped for having...

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