WILBUR v. STATE

No. 5D09-4225.

64 So.3d 756 (2011)

Joseph WILBUR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula C. Coffman , Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel Orlando, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


JACOBUS, J.

The appellant, Joseph Wilbur, appeals the judgment and sentence entered after a jury found him guilty of the sale of cocaine. Wilbur contends that the court erred by allowing the State to present Williams Rule1 evidence concerning two other offenses at trial. We agree that it was improper to admit into evidence Wilbur's prior drug offenses and reverse and remand for a new trial.

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