REDD v. STATE

No. 1D09-3431.

49 So.3d 329 (2010)

Samuel Dennis REDD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Maro , Ocala, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, Edward C. Hill, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, and Michael T. Kennett , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


LEWIS, J.

Samuel Dennis Redd, Appellant, seeks review of his judgment and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. At trial, the State elicited double hearsay and relied on it heavily to prove the truth of the matter asserted therein, which was that Appellant was in possession of some of the cocaine at issue. We conclude that this double hearsay was not admissible under any exception to the hearsay rule and, contrary to the State's arguments, Appellant did not open the...

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