ANTORIO DONYEL JONES, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that evidence of a prior robbery and assault was properly admitted because it was relevant to prove the murder charge.
Jones was convicted of first-degree murder. He appealed, arguing that evidence of a prior robbery and aggravated assault of Sammie Pryor, which occurr…
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Jones appeals from his judgment and sentence for first degree murder. He contends that evidence regarding a robbery and aggravated assault of a different man, Sammie Pryor, that took place shortly before the murder and robbery of Juan Onate, the victim in this case, should have been excluded because it was improper similar fact evidence or Williams rule evidence.1 We affirm.
Although the circumstances of the two crimes were different, the Pryor robbery was properly admitted in evidence because it was relevant to prove the murder charge. It occurred immediately before the murder and the events of the evening2 were inextricably intertwined, part of a continuing episode involving the same people, vehicle and weapon. See Griffin v. State, 639 So. 2d 966 (Fla.1994), cert. denied, 514 U.S. 1005, 115 S.Ct. 1317, 131 L.Ed.2d 198 (1995); Hall v. State, 403 So. 2d 1321 (Fla.1981).
AFFIRMED.
PLEUS, C.J. and MONACO, J., concur. . Williams v. State, 110 So. 2d 654 (Fla.), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 847, 80 S.Ct. 102, 4 L.Ed.2d 86 (1959); § 90.404(2)(a), Fla. Stat. . Five young men driving around late at night in a truck, drinking and smoking marijuana, Jones driving and in possession of a .38 special revolver that was kept in the truck by the owner, motivated by intent to rob for money, with racial overtones.
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State v. Rambaran, 975 So. 2d 519 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)…n events involving different victims may be admissible as collateral crimes evidence if the evidence is relevant to a material issue at trial and is being offered for a reason other than to show propensity or bad character. [*526] In Jones v. State, 931 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006), the trial court admitted evidence of a robbery and aggravated assault of a totally different victim than the victim of a murder and robbery that took place shortly thereafter. Although the two incidents occurred at different tim…
Authorities Cited
- Williams v. State, 110 So. 2d 654 (Fla. 1959)
- Williams v. Florida, 361 U.S. 847 (U.S. 1959)
- White v. Illinois, 361 U.S. 847 (U.S. 1959)
- Griffin v. State, 639 So. 2d 966 (Fla. 1994)
- Hall v. State, 403 So. 2d 1321 (Fla. 1981)
- Est. of Ravetti v. United States, 514 U.S. 1005 (U.S. 1995)