FITZSIMMONS v. STATE

No. 2D04-3313.

935 So.2d 125 (2006)

William E. FITZSIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WALLACE, Judge.

William E. Fitzsimmons raises two points in this appeal of his conviction for the armed robbery of a bank. Fitzsimmons' first point is without merit, and we will not comment on it further. On the second point, we hold that the trial court committed reversible error in permitting the admission of improper collateral crime evidence at Fitzsimmons' trial. Accordingly, we reverse Fitzsimmons' judgment and sentence, and we remand this case for a new trial...

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