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OWENS v. STATE

No. 4D05-2715.

948 So.2d 1009 (2007)

Lawrence OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David John McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. We reverse for a new trial because an officer responding to a dispatch was permitted to testify as to the contents of the dispatch, which were inadmissible hearsay and prejudicial.

Appellant's convictions arose out of a domestic disturbance call, when appellant resisted Officer Heinrich's directions...

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