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PERKINS v. STATE

No. 74-1390.

332 So.2d 649 (1976)

John Willie PERKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Bruce Zeidel and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

DOWNEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of attempted rape and a 15 year sentence.

Appellant poses two points for reversal. We deem only the following point worthy of consideration:

The trial court erred in admitting collateral evidence of a charge upon which appellant had been tried and acquitted.

As our courts have frequently mentioned in the recent past, the use of collateral...

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