HOOKS v. STATE

No. 84-348.

462 So.2d 58 (1984)

Johnny Lee HOOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris and Richard B. Greene, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler Rossin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence except that we reverse that portion of the sentence assessing costs on the authority of Jenkins v. State, 444 So.2d 947 (Fla. 1984).

We reject the appellant's claim of harmful error in the rejection of certain evidence of the appellant's knowledge of prior acts of violence by the victim. In view of the other evidence on this issue actually received we believe...

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