PATTERSON v. STATE

No. SC15-228.

199 So.3d 253 (2016)

Lawrence William PATTERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Robert Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate , Bureau Chief, and Kathryn Lane , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.


In two vehicle arson cases, our First and Fourth District Courts of Appeal reached conflicting decisions regarding the due process implications of admitting the testimony of State experts who physically examined the vehicle prior to its destruction where the defendant's expert did not have that opportunity. Compare Patterson v. State...

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