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SOSA-VALDEZ v. STATE

Nos. 3D99-1501, 3D99-1502.

785 So.2d 633 (2001)

Pedro A. SOSA-VALDEZ, and Roberto Barrios, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Louis K. Nicholas, II, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant, Pedro A. Sosa-Valdez; Joel D. Robrish, and Arthur Joel Berger, for appellant, Roberto Barrios.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Frank J. Ingrassia, and Steven R. Berger, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

RAMIREZ, J.

Pedro A. Sosa-Valdez and Roberto Barrios appeal their convictions for armed robbery, carjacking, kidnaping, and burglary. Because the State called the lead detective on rebuttal and elicited impermissible opinion testimony based on hearsay, we reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial.

At trial, the defendants' theory of defense was that the entire incident had been staged to allow the participants to keep a substantial amount of money...

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