BATESON v. STATE

No. 4D98-2243.

761 So.2d 1165 (2000)

Donald BATESON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Duncan of Roth & Duncan, P.A., and Michael Salnick of Law Offices of Michael Salnick, P.A. (withdrawn after filing initial brief), West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury and Steven R. Parrish, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

Bateson was convicted and sentenced on charges of burglary while armed with a firearm and grand theft. We affirm on all issues raised on appeal, but write to explain why Bateson has failed to demonstrate abuse of discretion in the trial court's denial of his motion to sever, or his motion to exclude a state's witness on grounds that the sole purpose of her testimony was to introduce impeachment evidence as substantive proof of guilt.

Bateson, a former...

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