WAY v. STATE

No. 4D99-3292.

774 So.2d 896 (2001)

Antwan WAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Salnick of the Law Offices of Michael Salnick, P.A., and Dea Abramschmitt, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

We affirm Antwan Way's first-degree murder conviction, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to inquire as to whether jurors had been exposed to mid-trial media coverage regarding the case, nor did error occur in the admission of evidence of Way's collateral bad acts.

Way's murder trial received advance publicity in both print and television media because of his four previous acquittals in other cases. In the articles...

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