NEWSOME v. STATE

No. 76-1960.

355 So.2d 483 (1978)

Gregory Lee NEWSOME, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, and Charles M. Johnston, Research Asst., Bartow, for appellant.

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


OTT, Judge.

Appellant Newsome was convicted of burglary of a dwelling with assault upon a person therein and aggravated assault. He complains that the trial court improperly restricted him to six peremptory challenges and refused to give a requested jury instruction on circumstantial evidence. We hold these actions constituted error and reverse. He also complains concerning the admission of certain Williams rules testimony of a previous crime. We find no merit...

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