SIMPSON v. STATE

No. 89-0672.

555 So.2d 956 (1990)

Robert SIMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. Rastatter of Glass & Rastatter P.A., and James M. Stark of James M. Stark, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Patricia G. Lampert, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Robert Simpson appeals a final judgment adjudicating him guilty of dealing in stolen property and the sentence imposed of five years probation. We reverse.

The trial court erred in admitting collateral evidence of earlier, unrelated visits by Robert Simpson to the video store. The visits do not have sufficient identifiable points of striking similarity nor do they share any unique characteristic or combination of characteristics which sets them...

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