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RIVADENEIRA v. STATE

No. 91-615.

586 So.2d 500 (1991)

Juan RIVADENEIRA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Louis K. Nicholas, II, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Juan Rivadeneira appeals from a judgment of conviction for battery. For the following reason, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The Florida Supreme Court has unequivocally held that "evidence of crimes for which a defendant has been acquitted is not admissible in a subsequent trial." State v. Perkins, 349 So.2d 161, 163-164 (Fla. 1977). The trial court denied defendant's motion in limine to exclude...

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