05-0532 HOFFMAN V. STATE

State: Florida

Court: Florida Southern District Court

Docket No: 3d05-0532

Case Date: 03/28/2007

Plaintiff: 05-0532 HOFFMAN

Defendant: STATE

Preview:Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida, January Term, A.D. 2007

Opinion filed March 28, 2007.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D05-532
Lower Tribunal No. 02-26823
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Stephen Hoffman,
Appellant,

vs.

The State of Florida,
Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jacqueline Hogan Scola, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Maria T. Armas, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, SUAREZ, and LAGOA, JJ.
RAMIREZ, J.
Stephen Hoffman appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for attempted second degree murder. We reverse and remand for a new trial, finding that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of Hoffman

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