Supreme Court of Florida

A third party's testimony regarding a declarant's out-of-court description is not a statement of identification, and therefore does not constitute a nonhearsay exception of Section 90.801(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1999).

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2002
• Published 02/07/2002

Judges

• WELLS, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent.