Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1990

Gimenez v. State

Gimenez v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 13, 1990 · Baskin, Hubbart, Nesbitt
558 So. 2d 149; 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 1532; 1990 WL 26669 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Gimenez v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Finding that the multiple, uncharged, prior criminal acts defendant allegedly committed were not relevant to proving the charges of battery and trespass, we reverse the convictions and sentences. State v. Lee, 531 So.2d 133 (Fla. 1988); Heiney v. State, 447 So.2d 210 (Fla.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 920, 105 S.Ct. 303, 83 L.Ed.2d 237 (1984); Drake v. State, 441 So.2d 1079 (Fla.), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 978, 104 S.Ct. 2361, 80 L.Ed.2d 832 (1983); State v. Vazquez, 419 So.2d 1088 (Fla. 1982); Ruffin v. State, 397 So.2d 277 (Fla.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 882, 102 S.Ct. 368, 70 L.Ed.2d 194 (1981). Additionally, we note that some of the prior acts were stale. McGough v. State, 302 So.2d 751 (Fla. 1974).

Reversed and remanded for a new trial.

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