CARDONA v. STATE

No. 4D07-1926.

997 So.2d 524 (2009)

Rick CARDONA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, 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.


FARMER, J.

Defendant was on trial for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery. He claimed self defense. He sought to adduce testimony that the same persons involved in the altercation that was the subject of the criminal charges on trial had, on a previous occasion, also attacked him. The trial judge sustained the State's objection that this evidence would be irrelevant.

The Florida Evidence Code defines relevant evidence as "evidence...

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