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MASON v. STATE

No. 73-142.

286 So.2d 17 (1973)

Lee MASON, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard C. Booth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

HOBSON, Judge.

Mason was convicted and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment for the crime of assault to commit rape.

At the scene of the crime a wallet was found containing a number of pieces of paper of identification. Among the papers in the wallet was a newspaper clipping stating that Lee Mason had been acquitted in Pennsylvania of assaulting a fifteen year old girl. During the trial the wallet was introduced in evidence and over objection the newspaper...

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