Legal Opinion
Corpus v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 9, 1998No. 97-01406PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
718 So.2d 1266 (1998)
Andrew CORPUS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-01406.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
October 9, 1998.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Bruce P. Taylor, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia E. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Andrew Corpus's jury convictions were tainted by improper Williams[1] rule evidence of similar acts. For that reason, we reverse for a new trial.
Corpus was tried on one count of attempted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Heuring v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Scull v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Corpus v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
- Farrill v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000