Mills v. State

DANAHY, Judge.

In this case we deal with the following questions:

Did the trial court err in admitting the opinion testimony of a nonexpert witness, and if it did, does the error require reversal of appellant’s convictions for first degree murder and aggravated battery? We answer both questions in the affirmative.

A Pinellas County Grand Jury indicted appellant for the first degree murder of James Wilson and Dorothy Moragne and the aggravated battery of Thomas White. At trial, the evidence showed that late in the afternoon of July 9, 1976, appellant stopped at the Little Club Tavern. While…