SANON v. STATE

No. 4D06-4883.

978 So.2d 275 (2008)

Josper SANON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was convicted of felony cruelty to an animal as a result of a dog being dropped from a fifth floor apartment. Appellant's son, who was not a witness at the trial, made a statement to an officer incriminating appellant, and appellant argues that the court erred in admitting this statement under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004). We reverse.

The officer testified...

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