TELFORT v. STATE

No. 4D06-2490.

978 So.2d 225 (2008)

Gerald TELFORT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

At the scene of a home burglary with some missing jewelry, investigators found a fingerprint. After defendant was charged with the crime, a fingerprint examiner testified at trial for the state that the print was defendant's. Not being content to rest on his own skills in the art, in response to a question by the prosecution, the examiner testified thus:

Q: Based on your training and experience . . . are you one hundred percent certain it...

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