District Court of Appeal of Florida

Defendant's convictions for attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools are reversed where the admission of testimonial hearsay of one officer's audiotaped statements to another officer, violated the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause per Crawford, and a screwdriver and videotape reenactment were inadmissible.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2006
• Published 09/13/2006

Judges

• GROSS, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.