Jansenson v. State

PER CURLAM.

By these consolidated appeals we review a conviction and sentence of contracting without a license and a subsequent order of restitution. We reverse for several reasons. First, the inappropriate comments in opening statement by the state that the defendant was a “career criminal”, Henry v. State, 629 So.2d 1058 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993); Finklea v. State, 471 So.2d 596 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); Glassman v. State, 377 So.2d 208 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), second, on the use of hearsay evidence, Trotman v. State, 652 So.2d 506 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), third, in permitting legal conclusions to be advanced by…