KATES v. STATE

No. 1D09-2251.

41 So.3d 1044 (2010)

Phillip KATES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Steven L. Seliger, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara J. Busharis, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant appeals his convictions for fleeing or attempting to elude, resisting an officer without violence, and possession of cannabis. We conclude that the court erred in admitting testimony regarding an uncharged drug transaction to describe the events leading up to the charged offenses. Therefore, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The charges against the defendant arose from an incident that occurred when undercover officers from the...

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