BRYANT v. STATE

No. 91-1727.

602 So.2d 966 (1992)

Maurice BRYANT, a/k/a Ronald Sapp, a/k/a Maurice Long, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Valerie Jonas, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Marc E. Brandes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Maurice Bryant appeals his conviction for robbery. We conclude that under the circumstances of the present case, the arresting officer should not have been permitted to testify, over defendant's objection, to the reason he initiated surveillance of the defendant. See State v. Baird, 572 So.2d 904, 907-08 (Fla. 1990). The admission of the evidence was, however, harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. DiGuilio...

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