SCOTT THOMAS BRITTON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Seavey v. State, 8 So. 3d 1175 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
  …red in conjunction with the prejudicial nature of the collateral crimes evidence, leads to the conclusion that the evidence impermissibly became a feature of the trial. Cf. Jones v. State, 944 So. 2d 533, 535-36 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006); Morrow v. State, 931 So. 2d 1021, 1022 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006); Ballard v. State, 899 So. 2d 1186, 1187 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial. Reversed and remanded. VILLANTI and WALLACE, JJ., Concur.…
• Cannon v. State, 51 So. 3d 1261 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)
  …asuring whether collateral crimes evidence becomes a feature of a trial, appellate courts “do not solely measure the number of references the prosecution made to such evidence.” Wright v. State, 19 So. 3d 277, 293 (Fla.2009) (citing Morrow v. State, 931 So. 2d 1021, 1022-23 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)). However, “voluminous references” to a collateral crime are an indication that the non-charged crime has become the focus of a trial. Id. (citing Fitzsimmons v. State, 935 So. 2d 125, 129 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)). Here, 4 o…
• Smith v. State, 170 So. 3d 124 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
  …a.2009) (citing § 90.404(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2000)). See also Jackson v. State, 140 So. 3d 1067, 1070-71 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). Also, evidence of other bad acts “cannot become a feature of the trial.” Wright, 19 So. 3d 277, 293 (citing Morrow v. State, 931 So. 2d 1021, 1022 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006), accord Bryan v. State, 533 So. 2d 744, 746 (Fla.1988)). “It is well-settled that the erroneous admission of collateral crimes evidence is presumptively harmful and may be found harmless only if the State establishes that th…

Authorities Cited

• La Ronn Marquies Wilson v. State, 781 So. 2d 1185 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)