Cobas-Torres v. State

Although the trial court erred in refusing to permit defendant to introduce extrinsic evidence of a prior inconsistent statement made by a prosecution witness, § 90.614(2), Fla.Stat. (1983), we deem the error harmless because the evidence of guilt was overwhelming. Mahone v. State, 222 So.2d 769 (Fla.3d DCA 1969); § 924.33, Fla.Stat. (1983); cf. Thornes v. State, 485 So.2d 1357 (Fla. .1st DCA) (exclusion of testimony regarding prior inconsistent statement of sole eyewitness to crime not harmless error considering other errors made by trial court), review denied, 492 So.2d 1335 (Fla.1986); see…