Harrison v. State

LaROSE, Judge.

Myreon Harrison and Joshua McClen-don each want a new trial. A jury convicted them for improper exhibition of a firearm and attempted second-degree murder. They argue that the State impermissibly bolstered its case with extensive collateral crimes evidence. We agree that the trial court erred in allowing the admission of this evidence. But, any error was harmless. Accordingly, we affirm.

Harrison, McClendon, and a third defendant, Myron Phillips, went to trial on charges of attempted first-degree murder. The charges stemmed from a shooting in a St. Petersburg neighborhood…