BOZEMAN v. STATE

No. 96-0822.

698 So.2d 629 (1997)

Chester BOZEMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sharon A. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, Judge.

Appellant, Chester Bozeman, appeals his convictions for battery on a police officer and resisting an officer with violence. We reverse because the trial court admitted evidence that Bozeman had a propensity for violence when the defense had not opened the door to such testimony.

The charges arose out of an incident with Sergeant James Wimberly while Bozeman was an inmate at the Broward County Jail. At trial, Wimberly described his duties and...

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