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Osario v. StateOsario v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida
May 18, 1988
87-1203
Reporters:
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Before:
Stone, Downey, Letts

STONE, Judge.

The admission of rebuttal testimony by the arresting officer, concerning his experience with ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‍common drug courier practices, was irrelevant to any of the substantive issues in this case. Additionally, it was not within the scope of cross examination, nor was it ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‍introduced as background to explain the officer‘s conduct. See United States v. Hernandez-Cuartas, 717 F.2d 552 (11th Cir.), reh‘g denied, 721 F.2d 822 (11th Cir.1983). The error in this case was not harmless.

The judgment and ‍​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‍sentence are, therefore, reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.

DOWNEY and LETTS, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Osario v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: May 18, 1988
Citations: 526 So. 2d 157; 1988 WL 47533; 87-1203
Docket Number: 87-1203
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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