DOWNS v. STATE

No. 4D10-220.

65 So.3d 594 (2011)

Atari Pierre DOWNS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellate.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

Atari Downs appeals his conviction for aggravated battery with a firearm. We reverse, because testimony about a gun unrelated to the crime and unconnected to Downs was improperly admitted into evidence.

The victim testified that he met Downs through Lamarcus Cooper, who lived in a different building in the same apartment complex. The night of the shooting, the victim, Downs, and a few other people had been at Cooper's place until one or two in the...

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