DAWKINS v. STATE

No. 91-00509.

605 So.2d 1329 (1992)

Roy Lamare DAWKINS a/k/a Willie Dawkins, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight M. Wells, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Davis G. Anderson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

Roy Dawkins challenges his judgment and sentence for aggravated battery with a firearm and argues that evidence of a collateral uncharged crime was illegally interjected into the trial and requires reversal. We agree.

The state charged Dawkins with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of Reginald Mosley. At trial, Dawkins testified and explained that he acted in self-defense. During cross-examination, the prosecutor asked Dawkins...

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