Legal Opinion

Aget v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 10, 1984No. 83-1629PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BASKIN, Judge.

Angel Aget, appealing his conviction for the sale of diazepan, cites as prejudicial error the trial court’s instruction charging the jury, over defense objection, to consider the testimony of an accomplice with great caution. Finding merit in appellant’s assertion, we reverse.

In Dudley v. State, 405 So.2d 304, 305, 306 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981), the court stated *68the general rule regarding the use of the accomplice testimony instruction:

This instruction is intended to be used when the state presents the testimony of an accomplice whose motivation for testifying against his alleged…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dudley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Wheelis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  3. Taylor v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  2. Lester v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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