Legal Opinion

Body v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 30, 2011No. 1D10-5036Published

1Per curiam

Reversed and remanded. See Lawhorne v. State, 500 So.2d 519, 521-23 (Fla.1986) (holding that questioning of defendant about whether his six prior convictions went to trial was proper rehabilitation); Watkins v. State, 933 So.2d 1294, 1295-96 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (refusal to allow defendant to testify that his two, prior felony convictions were the product of guilty pleas not harmless error where defendant’s credibility at issue); Bowles v. State, 849 So.2d 465, 466 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (refusal to allow defendant to testify that his prior felony convictions had been resolved by guilty pleas not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lawhorne v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Bowles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Watkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006

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