WATTS v. STATE

No. 1D15-1927.

192 So.3d 718 (2016)

Kelly WATTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender; and Susan S. Lerner , Assistant Public Defender, Miami, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General; and Virginia Chester Harris , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


The issue presented is whether the State's introduction of and use in closing argument of testimony (such as law enforcement's recognition of defendant's nickname from a list of drug dealers and because they had previously arrested him, as well as a confidential informant's statement that he had bought drugs from defendant in the past) without...

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