DUMAS v. STATE

No. 4D04-997.

907 So.2d 560 (2005)

Jean DUMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2005.


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 Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

We reverse appellant's convictions for aggravated assault with a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm. We do so because the trial court erred in instructing the jury that prior convictions of witnesses are admissible in evidence.

Appellant and the victim, O'Grady, rented bays at a warehouse. After appellant was asked to move his trailer, which was blocking the entrance, he pointed a gun at O'Grady, who was talking with the manager, and said...

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