LAWS v. STATE

No. 97-55.

696 So.2d 455 (1997)

Benny Elmer LAWS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lisa Walsh, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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


COPE, Judge.

Benny Elmer Laws appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He contends that the trial court erred by admitting evidence of an uncharged crime. We agree and reverse.

At defendant's trial, the arresting officer testified over relevancy and hearsay objections that the officer approached defendant because a short time previously, a citizen in the neighborhood informed the officer that he was the victim of an aggravated...

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