Perdomo v. State

DANAHY, Judge.

The appellant, Miguel Perdomo, while a prisoner in a state correctional institution, was convicted of aggravated battery on a fellow inmate and possession of contraband (a knife) in a penal institution. He appeals the convictions contending that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to conduct a hearing pursuant to Richardson v. State, 246 So.2d 771 (Fla.1971), when a discovery violation surfaced at trial. We reverse.

The discovery violation about which the appellant complains concerned the clothing that he was wearing at the time he was taken into custody by…