SCHUSLER v. STATE

No. 4D98-3485.

760 So.2d 271 (2000)

Steven SCHUSLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

Defendant was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, alleging that on a specific date he struck his ex-wife's new husband with a baseball bat. Before trial, the state moved to permit "similar acts" or Williams Rule evidence to the effect that:

1. on a prior occasion defendant attacked his ex-wife as she attempted to drive away in her car after she went to his house to pick up her daughter at the end of a scheduled visitation...

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