SYKES v. STATE

No. 98-1840.

739 So.2d 641 (1999)

Paul SYKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Sykes, Pro Se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and L. Michael Billmeier, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


ALLEN, J.

The appellant in this direct criminal appeal challenges his convictions for drug offenses. We reverse the convictions and remand this case for a new trial because the trial judge committed prejudicial error in precluding the appellant from presenting evidence of his lack of a criminal record in support of his entrapment defense.

The appellant's defense at trial was that he had been entrapped by a police...

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