Watson v. State
Watson v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant, Carolene Watson, seeks review of the trial court’s order revoking her probation and imposing a prison term. We affirm.
Appellant was found guilty of the sale of cocaine and placed on five years’ probation. Less than one month later, appellant was alleged to have violated her probation by using cocaine. At the violation hearing, and over appellant’s objection, appellant’s probation officer was allowed to testify about a conversation she had with appellant wherein appellant admitted smoking crack cocaine. Through the forensic toxicologist, the state also introduced the laboratory report showing that appellant’s urine contained a large amount of cocaine.
Appellant claims that since the state failed to provide her with either a copy of the statements or the report, the trial court should have conducted a Richardson
We find that since there was additional evidence of appellant’s cocaine use, including a positive urine test, the evidence about which she complains was merely cumulative. Thus, appellant was not prejudiced by the discovery violation, and the trial court did not err in revoking her probation.
AFFIRMED.
. Richardson v. State, 246 So.2d 771 (Fla. 1971).
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