BOLDEN v. STATE

No. 88-1413.

543 So.2d 423 (1989)

Lorenzo BOLDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Daniel J. Schafer, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Colin Campbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

Bolden was charged with and convicted of battery on a law enforcement officer. The state introduced evidence at trial, over defense objection, that he battered another officer a year before. The purpose of the evidence obviously was to show propensity, contrary to the provisions of section 90.404(2)(a), Florida Statutes (1987) and Williams v. State, 110 So.2d 654 (Fla. 1959), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 847...

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