JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 4D07-1853.

976 So.2d 1216 (2008)

Gary JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HAZOURI, J.

Gary Johnson appeals his conviction and sentence for burglary of a dwelling asserting that the trial court reversibly erred when it permitted the state to bolster the victim's identification of Johnson as one of the perpetrators of the burglary by allowing the victim to testify that she had correctly identified the codefendant at the codefendant's sentencing. We agree and reverse and remand for a new trial.

Johnson was charged by information with...

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