SIPPLE v. STATE

No. 5D04-1242.

894 So.2d 1088 (2005)

Jeffrey Scott SIPPLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Jane C. Almy-Loewinger, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy D. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Jeffrey Scott Sipple, was charged with the second degree murder of his roommate, but was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter by culpable negligence in violation of section 782.07(1), Florida Statutes (2004). We agree with the appellant that the Williams Rule1 evidence offered by the State was improperly admitted. See § 90.404(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2004). Given the jury's findings, as well as...

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