BOWLES v. STATE

No. 4D02-2244.

849 So.2d 465 (2003)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STONE, J.

We reverse Bowles' conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bowles asserts that the court erred by not allowing him to introduce rehabilitative evidence to counteract the prejudice that would arise from his admitted prior felony convictions. The state does not dispute that this was error. It argues only that the error was harmless. We disagree.

After the state rested, Bowles testified, in anticipation...

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