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DENSON v. STATE

No. 98-0033.

745 So.2d 1093 (1999)

Michael DENSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Alison B. Cutler and Simone P. Firley, Assistant Attorneys General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for robbery with a firearm. He asserts the trial court erred by admitting evidence of a collateral crime to prove identity, where the collateral crime and the crime charged did not share any unique characteristics. We agree and reverse.

"For collateral crimes to be admissible there must be something so unique or particularly unusual about the perpetrator...

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