(DOWNLOAD) "Michael Anthony Brown v. State Florida" by First District Court of Appeal of Florida ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Michael Anthony Brown v. State Florida
- Author : First District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Release Date : January 23, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The issues raised in this criminal appeal are that the court erred in refusing to allow the defense to introduce ""similar fact"" evidence at trial, and that the court recited invalid reasons for departing from the recommended guideline range. We affirm. Following appellant's arrest for the offenses of burglary and attempted robbery, the state filed a notice of intent to offer similar fact evidence, seeking to introduce evidence of another robbery with which the appellant had been charged in a separate case. Prior to trial, the separate charge of robbery was nolle prossed and, consequently, the state no longer sought to introduce it as similar fact evidence. The defense nonetheless argued that it should be allowed to introduce as evidence the nolle prossed case, for the purpose of showing that in the other case the witness had made a mistaken identification of the appellant.