Legal Opinion
Phillips v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 28, 1990No. 89-1198PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
572 So.2d 16 (1990)
Robert L. PHILLIPS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-1198.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
December 28, 1990.
Peter Birch of Birch and Murrell, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
STONE, Judge.
Phillips was convicted of first degree murder. We reverse as it was error not to allow cross-examination of a key state witness, Lonnie Durham, concerning his probationary status at the time of the shooting.
The defense theory was that the…
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