JONES v. STATE

No. 97-2102.

714 So.2d 665 (1998)

Dewayne Allen JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Fantl, Tavares, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Dewayne Allen Jones appeals his convictions and sentences for sexual battery and trespass in an occupied structure. On appeal, he contends it was error to allow the State to introduce evidence of a collateral crime committed nine years earlier. Under the facts of this case, we agree and reverse.

There was no physical evidence showing that Jones committed a sexual battery on the victim. While there were several similarities between the prior sexual...

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