McKnight v. State

Full title: REGINALD NORRIS McKNIGHT, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 26, 1980

390 So. 2d 485 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

Opinion

No. 80-147.

November 26, 1980.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Palm Beach County; Carl H. Harper, Judge.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Douglas Duncan and Peter Birch, Legal Interns, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

REVERSED. Under the circumstances of this case, it is our view that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the appellant to establish on cross-examination that one of the prosecution's principal witnesses was on probation. See Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 94 S.Ct. 1105, 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974). Accordingly, this cause is reversed for a new trial.

ANSTEAD, MOORE and BERANEK, JJ., concur.