Scott v. State

Jimmy Scott appeals his criminal convictions for throwing a deadly missile into a vehicle, stalking, and battery. He contends that the trial court reversibly erred in excluding the exculpatory testimony of a defense witness at trial without considering a less drastic remedy. Because the record reflects that the trial court conducted a thorough Richardson hearing on the defendant’s late disclosure of the witness and properly found that the discovery violation resulted in procedural prejudice, which could not be overcome by any reasonable alternatives short of excluding the witness, we affirm.

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