Harris v. State

Dorothy Harris appeals her conviction for conspiracy to possess hydrocodone, alleging the trial court erred on two separate occasions by permitting testimony that implicated appellant in other crimes. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

PROCEDURAL & FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The events giving rise to Harris’s prosecution occurred on November 18, 2008, when appellant’s brother, David Vaughns, drove to a Jacksonville pharmacy with a prescription for Lorcet (hydrocodone). When Vaughns arrived at the pharmacy’s drive-thru window, he handed the prescription to a pharmacy technician and left with the…