MAHARAJ v. STATE

No. 4D10-491.

78 So.3d 63 (2012)

Parmanand MAHARAJ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Scheffer , Palm Beach Gardens, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

The defendant appeals his convictions for sexual battery on a person less than twelve years of age, lewd and lascivious molestation, and providing obscene material to a minor. He raises several arguments, three of which have merit: (1) the trial court erred in not finding that the state opened the door to certain crossexamination questions; (2) the trial court erred in not allowing impeachment of the child's testimony; and (3) the trial court erred in overruling...

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