State v. Barber

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. ANN ELLIOTT BARBER, Respondent

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 16, 2001

783 So. 2d 293 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

No. 5D00-2797.

Opinion filed March 16, 2001.

Petition for Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court of Brevard County, Tonya Rainwater, Judge.

Writ Granted.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney Generals, Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.

Gregory W. Eisenmenger, Robert R. Berry of Eisenmenger Berry, P.A., Melbourne, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The State petitions for certiorari review of an order suppressing Williams rule evidence. See Williams v. State, 110 So.2d 654 (Fla. 1959), codified at Fla. Stat. § 90.404(2) (1999). We have jurisdiction. See State v. Pettis, 520 So.2d 250, 253 (Fla. 1988); see also Richardson v. State, 706 So.2d 1349 (Fla. 1998); State v. Smith, 586 So.2d 1237 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).

We grant the petition, quash the order excluding evidence of the collateral offense involving Baby Devin, and remand for further proceedings in light of our decision in State v. Barber, 2001 WL 109125 (Fla. 5th DCA February 9, 2001).

COBB, PETERSON and GRIFFIN, J.J., Concur.