Morra v. State

We affirm William Morra’s convictions for two counts of sexual activity with a child while in a position of familial or custodial authority1, and one count of committing a lewd act in the presence of a child.2

Morra argues that the court should have excluded testimony that he hit the victim’s mother and put the victim’s head through a headboard because collateral bad acts should not be admitted. See Weitz v. State, 510 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). We think the evidence that Morra had been violent toward the victim and the victim’s mother was relevant in that it tended to show why the victim…