Supreme Court of Florida

The district court, in concluding that defendant's threats against his ex-wife constituted permissible Williams rule evidence, erred in affirming the trial court on grounds neither raised by the state nor considered by the trial court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/10/2002
• Published 10/10/2002

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Michael J. Neimand, Criminal Appeals, Bureau Chief, and Margaret A. Brenan, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Respondent.