SYLVESTER v. STATE

No. 5D99-1814.

770 So.2d 249 (2000)

Roosevelt SYLVESTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Noel A. Pelella, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carmen F. Corrente, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, C.J.

Roosevelt Sylvester appeals his conviction and sentence for felony driving with license suspended (DWLS). We reverse.

After the jury returned a verdict of guilty of DWLS and was discharged, the state re-opened its case and introduced a certified copy of a driving record showing five previous convictions for DWLS. The defense objected to the introduction of the record but was overruled. The state rested...

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