George Thompson v. State of Florida

Appellant George . Thompson was charged with aggravated stalking after court order. He was convicted after. a jury trial in which itwo heavily-edited videos were shown of his first appearances in • criminal court in jail garb in front of a judge who instructed him to have no contact with, the victim. Despite the judicial admonition, Thompson made - repeated phone calls to her (fifty-one from jail in one day alone) and continued his stalking of the victim while incarcerated and upon release. The trial judge in this case ruled that the probative value of the videos (showing that Thompson was…