WHITEMAN v. STATE

No. 76-912.

343 So.2d 1340 (1977)

Lawrence M. WHITEMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Lyman, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


OTT, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of three counts of involuntary sexual battery in violation of Section 794.011(4)(e), Florida Statutes.

He appeals on two grounds that arise from a ruling of the trial court that similar fact evidence was relevant to the material issues framed by the charges, was therefore admissible into evidence and constituted a proper subject for appropriate comment by the prosecutor. We affirm.

Section 794.011(4)(e), Florida...

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