THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 2D07-3179.

995 So.2d 532 (2008)

Javado THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Maura J. Kiefer, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Muir Beccue, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


LaROSE, Judge.

Javado Thompson appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated assault with a firearm. He argues that the trial court erred in allowing into evidence the deceased victim's testimony from Mr. Thompson's adversarial preliminary hearing. We affirm.

Because the victim was unavailable for trial, his preliminary hearing testimony was admissible as former testimony under section 90.804(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2006). See State v. Hill, ...

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