Rimes v. State

BLUE, Judge.

Jeffrey Rimes appeals his convictions for sale of cocaine and possession of cocaine. We reverse because the trial court erred in denying a motion for a mistrial after the state introduced evidence suggesting Rimes had previously been involved in similar criminal activity.

The charges against Rimes resulted from a street purchase of a twenty-dollar piece of crack cocaine by Deputy Gerald Niles on May 14, 1992. Deputy Niles based his identification of Rimes on a photograph he examined nine days after the transaction. Rimes was arrested' more than nine months later. At a suppression…