ARRINGTON v. STATE

No. 96-02572.

700 So.2d 777 (1997)

Alvin ARRINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur P. Cohen, Fort Lauderdale, and Robert Rosenthal, New York City, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jean-Jacques Darius, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.

Alvin Arrington appeals his convictions for capital sexual battery. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the State convinced the trial court to admit evidence that was inadmissible.

Based upon events allegedly occurring on the evening of June 22, 1995, Mr. Arrington was charged with five counts of sexual battery upon his 12-year-old step-daughter. His step-daughter testified to a lengthy encounter in which an intoxicated...

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