McKEOWN v. STATE

No. 4D08-2160.

16 So.3d 247 (2009)

Marcia Rose McKEOWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Richard B. Greene, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

The defendant appeals her criminal conviction and sentence for felony DUI. She contends that the trial court erred in admitting the arresting officer's testimony that he arrests only half of the DUI suspects that he investigates. Because this testimony was improper and prejudicial, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

While on road patrol, Officer Justin Crooks of the Palm Springs Police Department stopped the defendant for driving 56 m.p.h. in...

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