TANNIHILL v. STATE

No. 4D03-3840.

912 So.2d 2 (2005)

Avis TANNIHILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Michael Antinori, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant, who was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and other related offenses, argues that the trial court improperly allowed evidence of a prior drug transaction, which he was not charged with in this case. The trial court admitted the facts of the earlier crime to prove identity. We affirm, but based on different reasoning.

A confidential informant had purchased cocaine from appellant in an apartment...

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