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HAMPTON v. STATE

No. 4D07-2893.

4 So.3d 789 (2009)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John Pauly, 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.

TAYLOR, J.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of appellant's prior convictions in his trial for felony battery. Under section 90.806(1), Florida Statutes, the state was allowed to introduce appellant's prior convictions to impeach his exculpatory out-of-court statements, which were elicited by defense counsel through another witness to suggest that appellant acted in self-defense. As we cautioned...

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