Perez v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Pedro Perez was tried by a jury and convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine in an amount greater than 400 grams. His co-defendant, Anibal Cruz, negotiated a guilty plea to a lesser offense in exchange for his testimony against Perez. Perez claims that the trial court erred by impermissibly limiting his cross-examination of Cruz about the reduced sentence he had received as part of his deal with the State. We agree and reverse on this ground. Perez also claims that the trial court erred by allowing the State to introduce evidence of his character and by admitting a…