Case Name: J.A.O., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-10-10
Citations: 549 So. 2d 1124
Docket Number: No. 89-71
Parties: J.A.O., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 549
Pages: 1124–1124

Head Matter:
J.A.O., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-71.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 10, 1989.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
J.A.O., a juvenile, appeals an adjudication of delinquency. He alleges error in the exclusion of testimony about previous altercations with the victim, offered in support of his claim of self-defense to a battery.
Finding that the excluded testimony was central to J.A.O.'s claim of self-defense, E.B. v. State, 531 So.2d 1053 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), and that evidence of prior encounters between the victim and defendant was relevant, Barnes v. State, 406 So.2d 539 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981), review denied, 413 So.2d 877 (Fla.1982), and admissible, White v. State, 59 Fla. 53, 52 So, 805 (1910), we reverse and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.