WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 4D06-4756.

982 So.2d 1190 (2008)

James WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, J.

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for second degree murder with a firearm. He argues, among other things, that the trial court erred in not allowing him to testify that the victim was known to carry a gun. We agree and reverse.

Prior to the shooting, the defendant only knew of the victim, but did not personally know him. He had seen the victim on two occasions during drug buys in which the victim's cousin conducted the transaction in...

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