GREENFIELD v. STATE

No. 97-05346.

739 So.2d 1197 (1999)

James GREENFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Lyman Steffens, Palm Harbor, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


FULMER, Judge.

Greenfield appeals his conviction for kidnapping, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial. We agree that Greenfield was entitled to a new trial because, in response to the jury's request during deliberations, the trial judge provided the jury with a dictionary without giving notice to counsel.

A bailiff testified at the hearing on the motion for new trial that during deliberations the jury foreman requested a dictionary...

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