Manka v. State

720 So.2d 1109 (1998)

Henry MANKA, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-3318.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 21, 1998.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1998.

Gene Reibman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas J. Glaid, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

STONE, Chief Judge.

We affirm Appellant's conviction on counts of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

At trial, Appellant sought to introduce a co-defendant's sworn taped statement, under the hearsay exception for…