CASS v. STATE

No. 2D13-4739.

190 So.3d 1105 (2016)

Branden CASS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and J.L. Perez , Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Johnny T. Salgado , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Branden Cass was convicted of lewd and lascivious battery and lewd and lascivious molestation. But his trial was tainted when the court allowed the jury to hear that Cass himself previously had been abused as well as a police detective's opinion that this made Cass more likely to commit such crimes. Accordingly, we reverse and...

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