Dorry v. State

GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

Appellant was charged by information with aggravated battery and was found guilty thereof by a jury. Following his adjudication of guilt and sentence of two and one-half years in prison and a similar term of probation thereafter, appellant filed this timely appeal. We reverse and remand.

The first point raised by appellant is that the trial court improperly excluded testimony of previous specific acts of violence committed by the victim. The excluded testimony occurred on cross-examination of the State’s first witness, who was the victim. At that time self-defense had not…