Case Name: Ray YOUNG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-07-18
Citations: 143 So. 3d 450
Docket Number: No. 5D12-2371
Parties: Ray YOUNG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: TORPY, C.J., LAWSON and BERGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 143
Pages: 450–451

Head Matter:
Ray YOUNG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D12-2371.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 18, 2014.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges his judgment and sentence for lewd or lascivious molestation of a child less than twelve years old. Although he raises several points on appeal, we conclude that only one point has merit and necessitates a new trial. The trial court erred by admitting as impeachment evidence the certified copies of Appellant's prior convictions for similar crimes. Mathis v. State, 135 So.3d 484, 486-87 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). See also Charles W. Ehrhardt, Ehrhardt's Florida Evidence § 610.6 (2014 ed.) (error for prosecutor to attempt to introduce evidence regarding nature of witness's felony conviction for impeachment purposes unless witness denies conviction or otherwise gives misleading testimony regarding conviction).
The State does not refute this claim of error but argues nevertheless that the introduction of the nature of Appellant's convictions was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We cannot reach this conclusion on this record.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
TORPY, C.J., LAWSON and BERGER, JJ., concur.