LAUR v. STATE

No. 4D00-498.

781 So.2d 452 (2001)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas J. Glaid, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

James Laur appeals his convictions for resisting arrest with violence and battery, arising out of a domestic violence incident.

We write to address one issue—the propriety of allowing the state to impeach its own witness, the victim of the domestic battery, with a prior inconsistent statement.

On May 29, 1999 at approximately 4:00 p.m., Anthony Bull was driving to work when he observed a man and a woman fighting in front of a house...

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