ROSSI v. STATE

No. 80-2029.

416 So.2d 1166 (1982)

Thomas Edward ROSSI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jon May and Ron McRae, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


ANSTEAD, Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of whether, when a defendant's sole defense to the crimes charged is insanity, the state, in an effort to meet its burden of proving the requisite level of intent to commit the crimes and to negate the insanity defense, may produce evidence of a similar criminal act committed by the defendant some ten years previously. The trial judge permitted such evidence to be admitted and this court agrees with his ruling.

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