Wencel v. State, 751 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). · Go Syfert
Wencel v. State, 751 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
No syfertize treatment data for this case.
Retrieving the full opinion text from the archive…
Timothy Jay WENCEL
v.
STATE of Florida
No. 99-0260.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan 19, 2000.
Published opinion
751 So. 2d 674
2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 310
2000 WL 36282
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant., Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Dell, Gunther, Warner.
Published

Lead Opinion

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

DELL and GUNTHER, JJ„ concur. WARNER, C.J., dissents with opinion.

Dissent

WARNER, C.J.,

dissenting.

I would reverse based upon State v. Baird, 572 So.2d 904, 908 (Fla.1990) which provides that when the only reason for admitting collateral crime evidence is to show a logical sequence of events, “the better practice is to allow the officer to state that he acted upon a ‘tip’ or ‘information received,’ without going into the details of the accusatory information.” (citation omitted). Here, the officers testified that they were responding to several different calls regarding burglaries in one neighborhood occurring at 4:00 a.m. The testimony regarding the officer’s responses to these calls was extensive, and I cannot conclude that the introduction of this testimony was harmless.