Newby v. State, 272 So.3d 862 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019)
May 29, 2019OUTCOME: Burglary with Battery Conviction and 20 year sentence vacated for new trial
Convicted of Burglary with a Battery and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The appellate court reversed the conviction and remanded the case for a new trial when the trial court excluded evidence that a ... convicted rapist committed a similar crime in the same area eight months after the charged offense.
