Supreme Court of Florida

In a case for review based on an express and direct conflict between two court of appeals, the Supreme Court of Florida disapproves the reasoning of the Fifth District in Blanton v. State, 880 So. 2d 798 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004), on the issue of a discovery deposition being an opportunity to cross-examine, but approves the result affirming the convictions for capital sexual battery and promoting sexual performances by a child based on harmless error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2008
• Published 03/13/2008

Judges

• QUINCE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellant., Paula S. Saunders, Assistant Public Defender and Michael Ufferman, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorney General, Dayton Beach, FL, for Appellee.