REYNA v. STATE

No. 4D19-2306.

302 So.3d 1025 (2020)

Jose REYNA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen A. Kawass of Law Offices of Kawass, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Paul Patti, III , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse convictions for three counts of sexual battery because the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of a collateral crime. We remand for a new trial in which the collateral crime evidence is excluded.

The state charged Jose Reyna with three counts of sexual battery under section 794.011(5)(b), Florida...

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