Hovik v. State

Sharon Theresa Hovik appeals her convictions and sentences for burglary and petit theft. Of the four issues Hovik raises, only one merits a brief discussion.

*1208The trial court denied Hovik’s request to put on testimony contradicting that of the state’s rebuttal witness. The court incorrectly ruled it did not have the discretion to admit surrebuttal evidence. See Cruse v. State, 588 So.2d 988 (Fla.1991), cert. denied, 504 U.S. 976, 112 S.Ct. 2949, 119 L.Ed.2d 572 (1992); Frazier v. State, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D466, — So.2d -, 1999 WL 71599 (Fla. 4th DCA Feb.17, 1999); Johnson v. State, 570 So.2d…