Case Name: Gwen SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-07-15
Citations: 510 So. 2d 1005
Docket Number: No. 4-86-2593
Parties: Gwen SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY, C.J., and LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 510
Pages: 1005–1006

Head Matter:
Gwen SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4-86-2593.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 15, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 2, 1987.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Thomas F. Ball III, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Gwen Smith was convicted of a criminal offense. We hold that reversible error was committed because the court allowed Ms. Smith to be impeached by a written statement without making a finding that the statement was voluntarily given. The record does not support the state's claim that such finding was implicitly made.
We reverse and remand for a new trial upon authority of Nowlin v. State, 346 So.2d 1020, 1024 (Fla.1977).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
HERSEY, C.J., and LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur.