WHEELER v. STATE

No. 96-1199.

690 So.2d 1369 (1997)

Odell WHEELER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PARIENTE, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of sale and possession of a substance in lieu of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. We reverse for a new trial because of improper police testimony concerning the cocaine-selling reputation of the area in which defendant was arrested and because of improper testimony about general behavior patterns of drug dealers.

Defendant was arrested as the result of a buy/bust operation wherein Detective Huffman posed...

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