Legal Opinion
Ables v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 8, 1987No. BO-38PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
506 So.2d 1150 (1987)
Johnny ABLES, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. BO-38.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 8, 1987.
James A. Johnston, Pensacola, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Royall P. Terry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
MILLS, Judge.
Ables appeals from his conviction and sentence for capital sexual battery. We find the trial court erred in allowing certain testimony as similar fact evidence and reverse.
Ables was convicted by a jury of capital sexual battery. He was sentenced to life in prison with a 25-year minimum mandatory term. The State alleged…
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