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RIVERA v. STATE

Case No. 5D17-1397.

274 So.3d 537 (2019)

Favian RIVERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 21, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Kevin R. Holtz , Assistant Public Defender, and Amy Weber , Special Assistant Public Defender Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela J. Koller , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Roseanne Eckert , of FIU College of Law, Miami, Amicus Curie for Juvenile Law Center and Florida Juvenile Resentencing and Review Project.

Favian Rivera seeks review of his conviction of first-degree murder with a firearm and sentence of life with no judicial sentencing review. We conclude the trial court unduly restricted Rivera's cross-examination of his co-defendant, a key State witness, and reverse.

Rivera and his co-defendant, Brandon Soto, both juveniles...

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