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DAWSON v. STATE

No. 4D07-4306.

20 So.3d 1016 (2009)

Javarous DAWSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 12, 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 Katherine Y. Mclntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LEVINE, J.

The issue presented in this case is whether the trial court erred in not allowing appellant to introduce a witness as part of his defense after a Richardson1 inquiry. We find that the trial court should have considered less extreme alternatives before excluding the testimony of the defense witness. With respect to appellant's conviction for first degree murder with a firearm...

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