MINISTRE v. STATE

No. 4D99-1622.

788 So.2d 325 (2001)

Wilson MINISTRE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Sophia Letts, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Augusta A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

In this appeal from a conviction for aggravated battery, we are primarily concerned with the state's last minute unveiling of an impeachment witness to testify against Defendant on the substantive issue of guilt. The surprise witness was called to contradict the testimony of the state's lead-off witness, another person prosecuted and convicted in connection with the same incident, who was also a cousin of Defendant and reluctant to testify. The previously...

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