Blount v. State

Appellant was convicted of attempted second-degree murder as a principal for a shooting that occurred during a fight at a bar. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. This is his direct appeal.

Appellant raises one narrow issue: whether the trial court erred in admitting the victim’s deposition under the past recollection recorded exception to the hearsay rule in section 90.803(5), Florida Statutes (2012),1 because the State did not establish the foundation necessary to meet the exception. We affirm.

At trial, Appellant objected to the admission of the deppsition based upon a lack of…