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Clairvin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 18, 2011
56 So. 3d 854 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

Opinion

No. 5D10-725.

February 4, 2011. Rehearing Denied March 18, 2011.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Robert T. Burger, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rebecca M. Becker, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


AFFIRMED. See Morton v. State, 689 So.2d 259, 264 (Fla. 1997), receded from in part on other grounds, Rodriguez v. State, 753 So.2d 29, 47 (Fla. 2000) (where witness gives both favorable and unfavorable testimony, party calling witness should usually be permitted to impeach witness with prior inconsistent statement; statement should be truly inconsistent and caution should be exercised in permitting impeachment of witness who has given favorable testimony but simply fails to recall every detail unless witness appears to be fabricating).

MONACO, C.J., EVANDER and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Clairvin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Mar 18, 2011
56 So. 3d 854 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)
Case details for

Clairvin v. State

Case Details

Full title:William CLAIRVIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 18, 2011

Citations

56 So. 3d 854 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

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