Gelabert v. State

407 So.2d 1007 (1981)

Joseph L. GELABERT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 81-380.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 23, 1981.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Christopher S. Quarles, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James Dickson Crock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

COWART, Judge.

The issue on this appeal is whether evidence is admissible to contradict, and thereby impeach, a witness (particularly a defendant testifying in a criminal case) as to a factual matter that is not…