GARVEY v. STATE

No. 3D99-2179.

754 So.2d 130 (2000)

Lafoya GARVEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Shaundra L. Kellam, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Gary K. Milligan, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The conviction below for aggravated battery with a knife is reversed for a new trial because the prosecutor improperly asked the defendant on cross-examination whether it was "true that you also have cut [another person] with a knife." See Harris v. State, 427 So.2d 234 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Ruiz v. State, 395 So.2d 566 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), review denied, 407...

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