CALIXTE v. STATE

No. 4D04-2022.

941 So.2d 570 (2006)

Willems CALIXTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 15, 2006.


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.


HAZOURI, J.

Willems Calixte appeals his convictions on two counts of robbery with a firearm and one count of kidnapping with a firearm in his possession. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Calixte raises four points on appeal: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the investigating detective to testify that stolen property is rarely recovered and that there is often a discrepancy between the...

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