District Court of Appeal of Florida

Order granting defendant a new trial based on a violation of defendant's right of confrontation is reversed where the state's introduction of a witness-s prior statement into evidence due to the witness's faulty memory was not contrary to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2005
• Published 12/13/2005

Judges

• HAWKES, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Janice G. Scott, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee.