THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 97-0588.

705 So.2d 1046 (1998)

Demitri THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Friedman, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, Judge.

Appellant, Demitri Thompson, appeals his conviction for grand theft on the ground that hearsay testimony describing the contents of an unadmitted bill of lading was improperly permitted, over repeated objections, as evidence of both the existence of the theft as well as the value of the missing goods. We agree that this testimony constituted inadmissible hearsay. Accordingly, we reverse appellant's conviction and remand for a new trial.

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