Akers v. State

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree after having been charged with Murder in the First Degree. We find merit in one of Appellant’s assignments of error therefore need not discuss the others.

Under the guise of Williams Rule evidence, Williams v. State, 110 So.2d 654 (Fla.1959), the State was permitted to introduce items into evidence or testimony about certain items seized from the victim’s automobile shortly after his death. These items included drug paraphernalia, thirty-five pounds of marijuana, cocaine and a gun and holster. There was an assurance from the…