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THORNTON v. STATE

No. 3D02-1330.

852 So.2d 911 (2003)

Henry THORNTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 20, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Scott W. Sakin, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Jill K. Traina, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FLETCHER, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction after a jury trial for first degree murder. We reverse for two separate reasons, each of which would individually require a new trial.

I.

The first arises from the following question asked by the prosecutor in the attempted impeachment of one of the state's own witnesses:

[MR. TALPINS] Q. Did Defendant Thornton talk to you about an incident, where something he did by club...

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