STATE v. BUTLER

No. 87-3521.

528 So.2d 1344 (1988)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Leroy Andre BUTLER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Gary O. Welch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and D.P. Chanco, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

This is an appeal by the state from an order finding that double jeopardy barred the appellee from being retried. We reverse.

Prior to the trial of appellee on drug charges, the court excluded from evidence any reference by law enforcement officials to the fact that appellee was driving a stolen car at the time of his arrest. However, when questioned by the prosecutor concerning appellee's version of his arrest, a detective stated that appellee...

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