BETSY v. STATE

No. 78-191.

368 So.2d 436 (1979)

Joe Nathan BETSY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Denis Dean, Sr., Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Margarita Esquiroz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HAVERFIELD, C.J., and PEARSON and HUBBART, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Joe Nathan Betsy, defendant, appeals his conviction for involuntary sexual battery.

Betsy first urges as reversible error the introduction of mug shots of him on the back of which was stamped, "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA", with blanks to be filled in supplying such description as the name of the person photographed, his date of birth, identification and case numbers, etc. He argues that these mug shots served only to prejudice...

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