Leonard v. State

386 So.2d 51 (1980)

James W. LEONARD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 79-1158.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 23, 1980.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and Douglas A. Lockwood, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

BOARDMAN, Judge.

James W. Leonard appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted possession of marijuana. We hold that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine appellant as to the nature of his prior criminal…