421 So. 2d 808
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 16, 1982
District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1982-11-16
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 2004
1 state decisions
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“error for the trial court to deny the defendant an opportunity to present lay testimony on the issue of his sanity at the time of the alleged violation of probation”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 892 So. 2d 508 - Medrano v. State
Relies on Brown v. State · 261 So. 2d 508 - Butler v. State
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1982-11-16
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¶1The State concedes that it was error for the trial court to deny the defendant an opportunity to present lay testimony on the issue of his sanity at the time of the alleged violation of probation. Butler v. State, 261 So.2d 508 (Fla. 1st DCA 1972). The State’s argument that a proffer of the testimony is required is without merit. Brown v. State, 362 So.2d 437 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978).
¶2Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.