CASICA v. State

The appellant, Alfonso Casica, was convicted of four counts of armed sexual battery and single counts of kidnapping and tampering with a witness or victim. He was sentenced to concurrent life sentences for the sexual battery charges and concurrent five-year sentences for the kidnapping charge and the tampering charge. We hold that the trial court erred in denying the appellant’s motion for mistrial based on the State’s discovery violation, and we reverse for a new trial on all charges.

The charges against the appellant arose out of an attack on a woman (“the victim”) while she was on her way…