MOUERY v. STATE

No. 4D03-2374.

884 So.2d 1029 (2004)

Melvin Floyd MOUERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of robbery with a firearm, based on an incident with a cab driver. We reverse for a new trial because the court erred in refusing to admit evidence of the cab driver's dishonesty which could have been a motive for accusing appellant.

The cabbie testified that when he picked appellant up at a bar, appellant mentioned that he did not have money. When they arrived at his home, appellant went inside to get the money. When appellant...

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