District Court of Appeal of Florida

A judgment and sentence for aggravated stalking is reversed and remanded for a new trial where the trial court abused its discretion in denying a motion for mistrial with respect to a comment made by the accuser that defendant tried to molest a friend's daughter, and in admitting certain testimony by a detective.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2006
• Published 10/27/2006

Judges

• SILBERMAN, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Ray Shaw, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.