GONZALEZ v. STATE

No. 90-2224.

588 So.2d 314 (1991)

Rolando GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joan L. Greenberg and Patricia Ash, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, FERGUSON and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant Rolando Gonzalez appeals a final judgment of conviction and sentence of life imprisonment for sexual battery on a child twelve years of age or under. § 794.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1989). We reverse and remand for a new trial.

We conclude that the prosecuting attorney committed fundamental error (1) by (a) adducing highly inflammatory and irrelevant evidence on cross examination of the defendant that the defendant, a 38-year-old man...

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