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HELTON v. STATE

No. JJ-85.

365 So.2d 1101 (1979)

Ricky HELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Janice G. Scott and John D.C. Newton, II, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Ricky Helton appeals from a conviction for sexual battery with force likely to cause serious personal injury on the grounds that testimony concerning another offense violated the rule set forth in Williams v. State, 110 So.2d 654 (Fla. 1959). We agree and reverse.

The alleged victim of the crime charged testified that she was abducted and taken to a wooded area. There Helton hit her, choked her, threw...

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