Legal Opinion

Wise v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 12, 2003No. 5D02-3260PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, J. .

Percell Anthony Wise appeals his convictions for robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated flight. We affirm.

Wise argues that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence the statement he made to police that he had smoked crack cocaine on the evening that the charged offenses were committed and that the events of the evening were hazy. An erroneous admission of collateral crimes is presumptively harmful, and is only harmless “if it can be said beyond a reasonable doubt that the verdict could not have been affected by the error.” Miller v. State, 804 So.2d 609 (Fla. 3d DCA…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Czubak v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Steward v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  3. Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jomolla v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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