FARRELL v. STATE

No. 95-1047.

682 So.2d 204 (1996)

John Thomas FARRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy D. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

John Thomas Farrell appeals his conviction for lewd and lascivious assault upon a child under 16 years of age, a violation of section 800.04(4), Florida Statutes (1991). Although Farrell raises four points on appeal, we find one dispositive. The trial court erred when it admitted testimony from the child that Farrell said he had been in prison for molesting another child. This was far more prejudicial than probative, and its admission was not harmless...

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