EVANS v. STATE

No. 2D01-4633.

838 So.2d 1235 (2003)

Andrew EVANS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Danilo Cruz-Carino, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Andrew Evans seeks a new trial on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest without violence. He claims the State, in its questioning of a witness and in its closing argument, improperly injected racial issues into his first trial. We agree, reverse his convictions, and remand for a new trial.

Evans was charged as a result of an incident at a Wal-Mart Department Store. Evans's stepdaughter, Ms. Jones, worked at...

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