MICHAEL v. STATE

No. 2D03-2624.

884 So.2d 83 (2004)

Ford MICHAEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


STRINGER, Judge.

Ford Michael seeks review of the final judgment and sentence adjudicating Michael guilty of resisting arrest without violence and disorderly intoxication. Because the trial court abused its discretion in preventing Michael from cross-examining the arresting officer about prior complaints of excessive force lodged against him, we reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.

Michael was charged with resisting an officer with violence and...

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