Case ID: so2d_633/html/0127-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Lawrence S. GUNTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 93-0162.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    March 23, 1994.
    Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Margaret Good, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edward L. Giles, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

HERSEY, J., and MAGER, GERALD, Senior Judge, concur.

ANSTEAD, J., dissents with opinion.

ANSTEAD, Judge,

dissenting.

I believe the trial court erred in allowing the state to extensively question the appellant about the nature of his prior convictions. I do not believe that appellant opened the door to this questioning by denying that he smoked crack cocaine. Further, because the case was essentially a one-on-one between the appellant and an undercover officer who testified he purchased a cocaine rock from appellant, I cannot find the error harmless.