TILUS v. STATE

No. 4D12-2794.

121 So.3d 1145 (2013)

Luckson TILUS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 2013.


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 Jacqueline N. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, J.

An altercation in the jail brings this case to us. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for battery on a law enforcement officer. He claims three errors in the trial court's rulings: (1) permitting improper cross-examination of the defendant concerning his criminal history; (2) giving confusing and misleading jury instructions; and (3) denying his motion to strike his aliases from the information. We find merit in all three and reverse.

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