Case Name: Linda BASS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-12-14
Citations: 627 So. 2d 1321
Docket Number: No. 92-2669
Parties: Linda BASS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION, Appellee.
Judges: Before FERGUSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 627
Pages: 1321–1322

Head Matter:
Linda BASS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION, Appellee.
No. 92-2669.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 14, 1993.
Linda Bass, in pro. per.
Dawn Pompey Whitehurst, Tallahassee, for appellee.
Before FERGUSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The hearing officer erred in not permitting the appellant's expert witness to testify. Only "irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded" during formal agency proceedings. Section 120.58(1)(a), Fla.Stat. (1991). Moreover, "in administrative proceedings the formalities in the introduction of testimony common to the courts of justice are not strictly employed." De Groot v. Sheffield, 95 So.2d 912, 916 (Fla.1957); see also Sauls v. De Loach, 182 So.2d 304 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 188 So.2d 823 (Fla.1966). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
COPE and GODERICH, JJ., concur.