MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 4D11-4780.

125 So.3d 985 (2013)

Abel MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shlomi Presser of the Law Office of Shlomi Presser, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and George Francis , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LEVINE, J.

The issues presented for our review are whether the trial court erred in allowing the state, during a criminal prosecution, to question witnesses and argue in closing argument that appellant had hired a law firm to file a civil suit related to the incident for which appellant was arrested. We find, specifically, that the trial court erred in allowing the state to question a doctor, testifying for appellant, as to whether appellant had hired a civil attorney...

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