MIMS v. STATE

No. 2D03-2468.

872 So.2d 453 (2004)

Jovon Tyrese MIMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferreri, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jenny Scavino Sieg, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

Jovon Tyrese Mims appeals his judgment and sentence for two counts of sale or delivery of cocaine, two counts of possession of cocaine, and felony fleeing and eluding. Mims argues that the trial court erred in allowing into evidence his statement to a deputy that he had not sold drugs "in at least four months." We agree and reverse Mims' judgment and sentence and remand for a new trial.

Deputy Ethan Taylor conducted two undercover cocaine...

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