STATE v. ACKERS

No. 91-735.

599 So.2d 222 (1992)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Derrick ACKERS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Nancy Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Paolo G. Annino, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellee.


W. SHARP, Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court's order which granted defense counsel's motion in limine to exclude similar fact evidence concerning Acker's commission of another crime in order to prove his identity and connection with the robbery with a firearm charge being prosecuted in this case. The trial court ruled that the facts and circumstances of the other robbery for which Ackers had been convicted were not sufficiently similar to allow admission...

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