Daeda v. State

COVINGTON, Judge.

The appellant, Leslie Daeda, challenges her judgment and sentence for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. On appeal she alleges that the trial court erred by not allowing her to impeach a crucial State witness. Because we agree, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Around March 1998, the Cape Coral police department investigated an individual named Katherine Smith on charges of burglary and grand theft of certain items claimed to be the property of the Daeda family. Ms. Daeda provided the prosecutor assigned to the Smith case with a document entitled “Gentlemans…