Case Name: Lory Ruby WEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-02-09
Citations: 4 So. 3d 34
Docket Number: No. 1D07-1305
Parties: Lory Ruby WEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALLEN, VAN NORTWICK, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 4
Pages: 34–34

Head Matter:
Lory Ruby WEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D07-1305.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 9, 2009.
Rehearing Denied March 12, 2009.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Edgar Lee Elzie, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant challenges her conviction for leaving the scene of an accident with death. She correctly argues that the trial court erred by permitting the state to call a relative of the deceased victim at trial to identify the victim, where the state failed to show that it made an effort to find an unrelated witness capable of making the identification. See Thompson v. State, 565 So.2d 1311 (Fla.1990). Because we are unable to say beyond a reasonable doubt that this error did not affect the jury's verdict, the appellant's conviction is reversed and this case is remanded.
ALLEN, VAN NORTWICK, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.