Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gustavo Boza PEREZ, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-05-01
Citations: 672 So. 2d 884
Docket Number: No. 96-87
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gustavo Boza PEREZ, Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 672
Pages: 884–885

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gustavo Boza PEREZ, Respondent.
No. 96-87.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 1, 1996.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Cynthia A. Greenfield, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner.
Joel Hirschhom, PA. and Brian H. Bieber, Coral Gables, for respondent.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The State has filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of an order granting the respondent's motion to exclude evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts. Because we find that such evidence is relevant to place the charged crime in context and to show motive, § 90.404(2), Fla.Stat. (1995); Griffin v. State, 639 So.2d 966 (Fla.1994), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 1317, 131 L.Ed.2d 198 (1995); Caruso v. State, 645 So.2d 389 (Fla.1994), we grant the State's petition for certiorari and quash the trial court's order with directions for the trial court to enter an order excluding evidence of the general pattern of dealing in cocaine, but deeming admissible evidence of that one particular incident where the victim did not pay the respondent for a shipment of cocaine.
Petition granted; order quashed with directions.