Legal Opinion
Cohen v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 9, 2008No. 3D06-1421PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
985 So.2d 1207 (2008)
Raphael COHEN, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D06-1421.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 9, 2008.
Paul Morris, Miami, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lunar Claire Alvey, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before RAMIREZ, and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
RAMIREZ, J.
Raphael Cohen appeals his perjury conviction following a trial by jury. We reverse because the elicited testimony constituted an opinion, which is an inappropriate basis to support a conviction for perjury.
In August of 1999, Susan…
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