LANE v. STATE

No. 75-465.

324 So.2d 124 (1975)

James William LANE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond O. Gross, Phillips, McFarland, Gould & Korones, Clearwater, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mary Jo M. Gallay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

The only point on appeal meriting discussion is the effect upon a conviction following a trial in which evidence of a similar offense is admitted when the defendant is subsequently acquitted of having committed the similar offense.

Appellant was convicted of involuntary sexual battery. Since the question of identity was in issue, the state sought to introduce evidence that the appellant had perpetrated a similar offense upon another woman nine...

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